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koofdoof
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Is the name WASTE a reference to Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49?
digitalboss
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"The name WASTE is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49. In the novel, W.A.S.T.E. is (among other things) an underground postal service." - Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASTE
BLKNSLVR
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I'm pretty sure reading about the inspiration for the WASTE name was my gateway to Pynchon.
For which I'm ever grateful.
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