AtD SPOILER p. 80

[Will Layman]

I read THE HAUNTING OF L. when it came out -- a while ago.  Howard  
Norman is a friend of mine here in DC, where he lives during the  
school year.

As I just finished the Merle Rideout photography section, I can  
certainly say that there is a general similarity in the way ATD and  
L. treat the magic of photography.  Though Howard's book doesn't have  
much in common with ATD, his novel does combine photography, romantic  
betrayal and a kind of mysticism.  L. is based around an actual book  
that Howard discovered on the topic of Spirit Photography, and the  
novel quotes from that real book at length.  Really all quite wonderful.

For the record, research will reveal that Howard Norman's agent is,  
in fact, Melanie Jackson.  Those who wonder if Pynchon read THE  
HAUNTING OF L. or whether Howard and Tom have, in fact, exchanged  
information and ideas about the science and psuedo-science of  
photography from a century ago, they just might be asking valid  
questions.

-- Will Layman

On Nov 23, 2006, at 1:13 PM, pynchonoid wrote:

> Just bought it a few weeks ago, haven't read it.
>
> Will?
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> --- the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Lary Wallace wrote:
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>>> Alchemy and dagguerotype photography compared.
>> Wonderful:
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>> "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."
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>>
>> Yes, this is great stuff, the whole chapter of
>> Merle's story
>> is wonderful.
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>> 	Once upon a time on the p-list, this book was
>> mentioned:
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>> 	_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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