Ayn Rand's Revenge

[Mark Kohut]

That one female character in Lot49, whose name escapes and which I do not want to look up, has been said by some to be a satire of Ayn Rand...

--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: Ayn Rand's Revenge
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 9:49 AM
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>   ----- Original Message
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>   From: 
>   Robert Mahnke 
>   
>   To: pynchon -l
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>   Sent: Sunday,
> November 01, 2009 9:15 
>   PM
>   Subject: Re: Ayn
> Rand's Revenge
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>   Seems like the point of that insult in both cases is
> to deride the target 
>   for being a woman in a role usually held by a man.
>  That's not the first 
>   (or second, or third) thing I think of when I think of
> either Ayn Rand or 
>   Margaret Thatcher, neither of whom I am much fond.
>  So were I to want to 
>   insult them, I think I'd look for something less
> gender-specific.  Just 
>   my two cents.
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>   Though their politics
> may stink and Ayn's writing 
>   style is atrocious I find both women quite interesting.
> I'll probably read the 
>   new bio of Rand on the kindle.
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>   Only wish Pynchon
> hadn't completely abandoned 
>   populating his novels with a few obsessed
> characters.  
>    
>   I'd give a lot to be
> able to enjoy another 
>   Pointsman or equally weird Weissmann.
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>   P 
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>   On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:07 PM,
> Page <page at quesnelbc.com>
> wrote:
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>   An 
>     addition to ayn: some years ago, I saw Eddie Izzard
> doing a stand-up show. 
>     At one point he said that Margaret Thatcher was a cunt.
> Well-deserved in my 
>     book.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> To: "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 
>     2009 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Ayn Rand's Revenge
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>     can't 
>       u just see the likes of Alan Greenspan on his knees
> giving her 
>       head?
> when i see that dickhead on the tv moaning about free
> markets 
>       thats
> the indelible image I'm stuck with
> 
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 
>       12:08 AM, Dave Monroe
> <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
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>       On 
>         Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Dave Monroe
> <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
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>         On 
>           Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:59 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>           if 
>             anyone deserved to be called a cunt, it was ayn
> 
>         rand
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> ... but just don't call her a 
>         Kantian 
>     ...
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