VLVL2 (9.5): "Ortho Bob Dulang"

[Dave Monroe]

>From the archives ...

Ortho in greek means "straight", "the right thing",
"without a mistake". Also can be read as orthodox
maybe? An Orthodox Bob Dylan? Means possibly the
"Saved" era or make a sarcasm of it? Another possible
meaning could be "the right Bob Dylan", "the
unmistaken Bob".

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9811&msg=33822&sort=date

The voice does sound like his Bobness's in the 80s,
for sure. OBD also sounds ominously like (Joseph)
Ombidi, a.k.a. the Empty One, in GR. Does anyone else
see a thread there?

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9811&msg=33832&sort=date

--- Dave Monroe <monrobotics at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>    "He came back to the booth to find, in the
> turquoise shadows, his space occupied by a young
> fellow he didn't recognize [...].  'Hey!' this
> late-teenage-looking individual, even sorter than
> Takeshi, jumped up, nose running, eyes bright, as if
> gone psychotropic on hot peppers and mustard, to
> introduce himself as Ortho Bob Dulang, hitchhiker
> and, as it turned out, Thanatoid." (VL, Ch. 9, p.
> 170)

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