I came upon this article about DeLillo's Underworld today of all days, September 11th.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/books/don-delillos-underworld-still-holds-power.html
Notice the striking image of the World Trade Centers on the cover of Underworld. Although published many years before the attacks on the twin towers occurred, it's bizarre that a book with such a stark portrait of the Cold War era (an fearful era that would define many generations of people) would have on its cover the icons that would come to define the 21st century — another time of living in fear of the enemy.
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