Proper naming in Pynchon

[Mike Brehm]

>Question for recent readers of VL: Was there a Zen or Bhuddist
>connection for Zoyd Wheeler's teen daughter Prairie?

You mean other than her working at the Bodhi Dharma Pizza shop?

>I did remember Prairie hung out a bit with DL and Takesi, so the
>possibility of an Eastern influence seemed not out of the question.

Also don't forget the Sisterhood of Kunoichi Attentives (p. 107, hardcover,
Little-Brown), the desciption of which sound like a Zen monastary to me
(albeit a hipper, more new-age(y) type one)...

>Frenesi = free 'n easy?

I've always thought that was it....

                                        M.