The Ice Storm & G

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 31, 2006, at 5:02 PM, James Kyllo wrote:

> So are we imagining here that having spent years on the novel, TRP,
> during the months between delivery to publisher and final publication,
> made subtle changes to refer in code to a scandal that had yet to
> become apparent to almost anybody?

Will wonders never cease?

Thanks for seeing he point, James.

P.
>
> On 8/31/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Well, what I came around to was, even if that
>> June-to-February time frame doesn't leave a whole
>> lotta time for "last minute" changes, there was a good
>> two-thirds of the year where the scandal was bubbling
>> under, though not hidden from, public view.  That
>> being said, though, Pynchon had alerady years earlier
>> demonstrated a certain disdain for Nixon, so ...
>>
>> --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > I don't think you are disagreeing with me--that
>> > there was no time or conceivable wish on Pynchon's
>> > part to mention something that wasn't seen as
>> > significant until John McCord's sentence-bargaining
>>
>> > revelation on March 19 (and Judge Sirica's decision
>> > to look into it)....
>>
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