Pynchonian explorers

[Lary Wallace]

Yeah, I still haven't read Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World; I need to get to that soon. (Very Pynchonian name indeed--Apsley Cherry-Garrard. I never noticed that.)...Amundsen's the shit, no question. Too bad there still isn't a full-length biography. 


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From: Scott Badger <lupine at ncia.net>
To: Lary Wallace <pytheas76 at yahoo.com>; pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:35:35 PM
Subject: Re: Pynchonian explorers


Roald Amundsen
 
Dr Frederick Cook 
 
But, perhaps, most of all, Apsley Cherry-Garrard for his 5 week sledging trip through the antarctic night to gather penguin eggs...should be a Pynchon shoe-in on name alone...
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lary Wallace 
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:26 AM
Subject: Pynchonian explorers


On the AtD wiki, I just saw a photo of the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Does he make a cameo in AtD or something? I certainly hope so. Like a lot of readers drawn to Pynchon, I share his fascination with explorers, both fictional and actual, and so I don't think it's at all inappropriate to this discussion to ask everyone who their favorite (real-life) explorers are. I'm a Richard Byrd man myself.

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