ATD SP0ILER pp. 182-183

[John Carvill]

> To my ear, Osywharf carries an echo of "Owsley" -
> August Owsley Stanley III, ...

Definitely.
 
 
> Lew's hallucinations after failing to wash his hands
> recall the legend of Dr. Albert Hofman's discovery of
> the effects of LSD

Certainly.

> Osywharf also recalls Osbie Feel, a doper in Gravity's
> Rainbow.
> 

Indeed, and Hofmann's discovery is mentioned in GR:

"Jamf at the time was working for a Swiss outfit called Psycho-chemie AG, originally known as the Grössli Chemical Corporation, a spinoff from Sandoz (where, as every schoolchild knows, the legendary Dr. Hofmann made his important discovery)."

Cheers
JC








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