Thurn Und Taxis - Cultural References To Thurn and Taxis

Cultural References To Thurn and Taxis

  • The mail monopoly of Thurn and Taxis is central to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, which deals with a secret rival mail system W. A. S. T. E., developed by the fictional Trystero family.
  • The board game Thurn and Taxis, by Andreas Seyfarth and Karen Seyfarth, is inspired by the family.
  • The protagonist of Walter Jon Williams's Elegy for Angels and Dogs is the head of the Thurn und Taxis family.
  • Thurn und Taxis are also mentioned in several volumes of the 163x series by Eric Flint and others, e.g. 1635: The Dreeson Incident and 1636: The Saxon Uprising.

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