Going boom

[Mark Kohut]

Good question. 

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> On Sep 4, 2015, at 6:28 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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