multiple, contentious coiners?

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:06 PM -0400 5/21/03, davemarc wrote:
>From: George Thompson <george.thompson at NYU.EDU>
>
>>  I recall a bickering session in, I think, the letters section of the
>NYTimes book review between two novelists who both claimed to have invented
>the name "Genghis Kahn" (or perhaps "Cohen") for a character.  If there is
>interest, I will try to dredge up details.  From the 1960s, probably.
>>
>>  GAT
>>
>>  George A. Thompson
>>
>For what it's worth, the dispute was between Romain Gary and Thomas Pynchon,
>in 1966.
>
>Here's a copy of Pynchon's letter:
>http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_cohen.html
>
>David

Great letter--and truly classic Pynchon.  Thanks for posting it, and
thanks to George for inspiring it.  (And to Genghis Khan, for
inspiring the whole thing.)

Larry