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

[Jamie McKittrick]

SON & XON = homophones

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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