M&D cover: The Ampersand looks like Triple SIX (666)

[Mark Thibodeau]

Now I'm wondering about the juxtaposition of

SON
  &
XON

on the cover as it appears on the shelf.

And the spine?

  A
(info)
  I

Hmmm... curiouser and curiouser...

MT

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> TRP did allude to page 666 in ATD in a press release thingie for that
> book. Pretty jokey there.
>
> pretty unusual ampersand so if that designer found it and he liked it,
> he may have liked the eerie associations.
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thought I might as well put this in a separate post.
> >
> > I know it's foolish, but foolish can be relevant sometimes.
> >
> > Again, I reiterate, if this isn't an accident, and Pynchon (who I think
> we
> > all assume played a role in the book's design) hid the traditional Mark
> of
> > the Devil on the cover on purpose, what does that say about what PYNCHON
> has
> > to say about what America has become?
> >
> > Mark T. / Jerky LeB.
>
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