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Subject: Re: Thomas Pynchon
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 11:03:38 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 28 11:03:38 1986
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In article <1359@decwrl.DEC.COM> boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) writes:

>The tv series title is pronounced "vee", whereas Pynchon's book's
>title is, as I understand it (I haven't read it), pronounced "five"

This is puzzling, since the letter "vee" is a major motif in the book
(e.g., many characters' names begin with V, and there are place names
like Vhiessu (sp?) used throughout the book) and the title in this 
context I think refers to the letter "vee" rather than to Roman numeral 
"V". What's the source for this reading of the title?

                      -- Cheers, Bill Ingogly