Well, thanks for giving me a "wow" moment this morning. You make me want to go back and read the books. And it helps me to understand why Ryman felt free to experiment even further with "Was".
--- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Many of the events and characters of the book resemble the actual > political personalities, events and ideas of the 1890s.[1] The 1902 > stage adaptation mentioned, by name, President Theodore Roosevelt, oil > magnate John D. Rockefeller, and other political celebrities.[1] (No > real people are mentioned by name in the book.) Even the title has > been interpreted as alluding to a political reality: oz. is an > abbreviation for ounce, a unit familiar to those who fought for a 16 > to 1 ounce ratio of silver to gold in the name of bimetallism, though > Baum stated he got the name from a file cabinet labeled A-N and O-Z. >>.. .. ..
