AtD SPOILER p. 80
pynchonoid
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Thu Nov 23 12:13:55 CST 2006
Just bought it a few weeks ago, haven't read it.
Will?
--- the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Lary Wallace wrote:
>
> > Alchemy and dagguerotype photography compared.
> Wonderful:
>
> "Lately Merle had been visited by a strange feeling
> that 'photography' and 'alchemy' were just two ways
> of getting at the same thing--redeeming light from
> the inertia of precious metals."
>
>
> Yes, this is great stuff, the whole chapter of
> Merle's story
> is wonderful.
>
> Once upon a time on the p-list, this book was
> mentioned:
>
> _The Haunting of L._ by Howard Norman
>
> It is set later than AtD, 1927, and involves
> spirit-photography.
> I bought it at the time, but have not read it.
> Anyne?
>
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