Pulp Fiction, 1950 · page 81 of 132
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# Page Description This is the opening page of "Die Twice," an action-packed novelette. It shows Chapter One, titled "The Reception Committee," with accompanying dramatic black-ink illustration depicting what appears to be a violent confrontation in a bedroom or cell. The visible prose introduces a character, George Ball, who is returning to Alcatraz after seven years, describing his seasickness during the ferry journey and his physical deterioration over time. The narrative suggests he is leaving behind significant portions of his life at the prison.
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DIE TWICE ‘Action-Packed Novelette a, st “ FS = St - Sen SS { ; | i | CHAPTER ONE The Reception Committee OTHING had changed. He’d been seasick seven years ago in the launch that took him to The Rock. He was seasick now. He’d need a mirror to know he was leaving that much of his life back at Alcatraz. It could be yester- day, the same launch careening through the choppy water of San Francisco Bay toward The Rock—except that George Ball knew his hair was thinner, grayer; the bones under the skin of his face some- $1 COPMICLOOOKS (C@)