Col 49: Emory Bortz

[János Székely]

Just to dwell a bit on the name of the guy who finally reveals at
least something tangible about The Tristero:

Emory and bort are both abrasives, which suggests he removes the outer
opaque layer from the shiny truth, but

a favorite Hollanderism (non-FBI) of mine is the following: Emory
Bortz is of Magyar descent, as Emory or Emery is the regular
Anglicization of the very common Hungarian name Imre (in AtD, one of
Dally's would-be abductors is called Imi), and Borz (no t) means
Badger, that is, Taxis.
And that may imply another interpretation of the name Maas: Oedipa más
(with the same accent as in Spanish) means "Oedipa is something else"
or "Oedipa is different" in Hungarian, which is perfectly reasonable
if we accept the surreal premises.

János