NPPF: Commentary 3 (notes) Line 408

[Jasper Fidget]

> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of bekah

> Except that he changed his name somewhere along the
> line, probably for professional reasons, to Don Odon. Odonata  are
> dragonflies or damselflies. But we are getting awfully close to Don Ho too
> who was popular at the time.
> 

Also suggests Don Juan, and another Byron reference for Odon.

> 
> **  Crystal giraffe: Crystal glass plays games with light due to
> refraction or deflection from a straight path. It's not just flat window
> glass but many faceted glass.
> 

See also the "Exposition of Glass Animals" partially destroyed by fire (p.
112).

> 
> 
> ** Trilby  (a hat for our man, Gradus)
> http://www.mikethehatter.com/christy.htm
> 

Trilby connects Gradus with Svengali: Trilby is Svengali's hypnotized
love-interest, whom he can coax into telling him she loves him while knowing
he's only talking to himself.  Gradus is later described as having "thick
eyebrows" and "mesmeric organs of vision" (p. 277).

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0022454/ (the classic John Barrymore version)


> 
> Gordon,
> **  the English or Scottish name means "From The Cornered Hill" or
> "Triangular Hill" (or similar) see any "baby names" site, ie:
> <http://www.babynameworld.com/g-boy.asp>
> 

See also Assistant Prof. Misha Gordon of the Music Department (p. 216).
Another example of Kinbote incorporating his "real" world into Zembla?  Also
Gordon Krummholz.


Great notes, Bekah, thanks.

Jasper