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kylefwill's review against another edition
Feels unfair to give this a real rating, given that it's a posthumously published collection of "everything else" by Gaddis. But there are gems here, especially in the title essay and "Old Foes with New Faces."
"And mounted against that enemy—billions upon billions of dollars and nine years hence at best—if the vast Bugs Bunny concept of the MX missile launching system comes into being, and someone drops a wrench into its innards, an error into its computers, or an item of 'disinformation'—a simple lie will probably do—will anyone be left to sing the day's hit song, 'Yes, We Have No Mañanas'? Will anyone have been accountable? And will it, any of it, have been worth doing well?"
"And mounted against that enemy—billions upon billions of dollars and nine years hence at best—if the vast Bugs Bunny concept of the MX missile launching system comes into being, and someone drops a wrench into its innards, an error into its computers, or an item of 'disinformation'—a simple lie will probably do—will anyone be left to sing the day's hit song, 'Yes, We Have No Mañanas'? Will anyone have been accountable? And will it, any of it, have been worth doing well?"
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