Historical fiction is not a secondary form – I was condescended to by a conservative historian who cannot see that he too constructs stories http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/15/jane-smiley-niall-ferguson-history-versus-historical-fiction Thanks, Doug Millison! - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l