ATDTDA (5.1) - The Etienne-Louis Malus

[Ya Sam]

That 'Vormance' name is a tough one. As John Carvill has said it seems to 
have been used only by Pynchon. The closest I've found is the German word 
'Vormann' (foreman). Portmanteau word? Vortex + romance? I dunno, maybe it's 
something icelandic?

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