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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 20, May 13, 2001, Article 8 MONEY MOVEMENTS Tom Fort writes: "A couple of times this newsletter has featured or discussed the site "Where's George?" which is attempting to track the progress of one dollar bills across the United States. The movement of paper money across the United States was a key plot point in the Doc Savage novel "Terror Wears No Shoes" which I finished reading last weekend The plot of this novel, originally published in 1948, revolves around an attempt by the Soviets to introduce a deadly virus into the United States. Since the Russians do not want to be caught and bring swift and violent American retaliation, their plan is to smuggle the virus into the States by lacing US currency and distributing it to unsuspecting communist sympathizers who in turn will spend it. The inflected cash is kept in small plastic packets so the KGB people do not catch the disease. Part of the Soviet plan is to track the spread of the virus; this of course, would also mean that they are tracking the circulation of the currency. Of course, Doc and his aides uncover the scheme and make the world safe for democracy. However, it is good to see that much safer ways of following the movement of money have been thought of since the end of the Cold War. [Footnote: For the uninitiated, Doc Savage is a pulp hero whose magazine ran from 1933 to 1949, a total of 181 issues. These were reprinted by Bantam Books from 1964 through 1990. Doc had an enormous effect on American popular culture, his greatest influence being Superman - who first appeared in 1938 (Doc is known as the Man of Bronze because of his skin and hair color, Superman is the Man of Steel; Doc's first name is Clark, as is Superman's; Doc has a Fortress of Solitude in the arctic as does Superman, the list goes on...). If you want to know more about Doc there are two good web sites: The 86th Floor: http://members.aol.com/86thfloor Doc Savage Unchained: http://users.aol.com/jsines233/private/DocSavage.htm. ]" [Editor's note: The address for "Where's George" is http://www.wheresgeorge.com/. There is now a companion site for Canadians called "Where's Willy" at this address : http://www.whereswilly.com/ Quiz question: Who's Willy?" ] [Editor's Note #2: I haven't read the novels, but figure Doc must have had kids - hence the need for a Fortress of Solitude ...]

Wayne Homren, Editor

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