pynchon-l-digest V2 #4739

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

"She heard a lock snap shut; the sound echoed a moment. Passerine spread his arms in a gesture that seemed to belong to the preisthood of some remote culture; perhaps to a descending angel. The auctioneer cleared his throat. Oedipa settled back, to await the crying of lot 49."

The last 49 words of you know what.
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From: Chris Broderick <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com>
And, of course:
 
"Now, everybody-"

I've always thought this could refer both to an
exhortation to the audience in the movie theater to
sing along, as well as a dangling trope like the
crying of Lot 49 in TCOL49.  Meaning that everybody
refers to everybody in the novel, and that we're about
to learn something significant before the rocket drops
& cuts the narrator off.
 
That's my theory and, dammit, I'm sticking to it.
 
-Chris