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You know you're close to Baker when you see Zzyzx Rd., one of the most unusual road names ever. Here are pictures of the northbound and southbound signs seen on I-15.
 





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   A Book Inspired by Zzyzx Rd...
 
Like Doctor Syntax, the bizarre title of Zzyzx (sounds like physics) stems from something real—an off-ramp sign in the Mojave Desert that reads "Zzyzx Road," a road that shoots off seemingly to nowhere in what becomes a metaphor for protagonist Harmon Nails's view of his life's direction. Petracca began writing Zzyzx as a mystery, but the book veered off into an engaging romantic comedy about Nails grappling with his ambivalence over intimacy.
     (—Irene Lacher, Los Angeles Times)

 

   a guy named "Zzyzx"
      (also inspired by Zzyzx Rd...)
 

 

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