NP: inadvertent snipe at Ayn Rand

[Mark Kohut]

Courageous guy descends through a wrecked building that is on fire: 
"as they descended back past the fire, the elevator balked and trembled.[see early in GR] “I put my hand on Marshal’s,” Ms. Sanchez recalled. “I said, ‘I don’t want to die.’ ”


Those who know, know. Pynchon knows: from the fall of all the crystal palaces to 'touching' for comfort against ....death.

Great piece, thanks, Laura.

--- On Tue, 12/1/09, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com>
> Subject: NP:  inadvertent snipe at Ayn Rand
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 1:45 PM
> Read about the doings of the John
> Galt Corporation, named for Ayn Rand's heroic capitalist:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/nyregion/01operator.html?_r=1
> 
> Laura
>