Going boom

[John Bailey]

Where did the mythical "there are around 400 characters in Gravity's
Rainbow" come from? I counted once and got 237. I'm probably off by a
few but overlooking 170 characters would require a serious blow to the
head.

Would be interested to discover which piece of writing first conjured
the figure that so many have taken at face value since. Those kinds of
perpetuated factoids (even if wrong) are fascinating.

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Seven hundred and sixty pages of linguistic wizardry, Thomas
> Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow is a life-changing book."
>
> http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/read/going-boom/article7611853.ece
>
> Thanks, Doug Millison!
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