>Have you read "Catch-22"? There is a character named Major Major.

I don't know whose idea was to re-run it on some channel in summer 2003 or maybe winter after, but the guy has a virtual beer from me, though I'm taking that beer back for having the three most important scenes cut out. (and yes I remembered exactly which and when, although I haven't seen the movie since about '72)

The formation of M & M corporation in the movie made it pure bad SF - science in case being the political science, and... well, bad SF is the one which comes back to bite your donkey and yell "what did I say, eh?".

The only detail where Heller missed it was in the name of the corporation. M & M makes candy. But then even if The Corporation wanted to use the name, it was already taken - but I guess they'd take just about any other name, just to prove that Heller was wrong there (and then, somehow, it would follow that he was completely wrong).

And, BTW, it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Major_Major_Major (4x major ;)