An obvious nod

[pynchonoid]

I probably wasn't paying as much attention as I should
have been, but did somebody say something about the
British edition of Lempriere's Dictionary being
significantly different from the US edition?  Longer? 


--- Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >On 10/14/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > to Pynchon in this sentence from Lempriere's
> Dictionary
> > >
> > > 'The details of the buildings seemed to blur and
> the downpour replaced
> > > them
> > > with wretched waterfalls and fountains, broken
> pipes and seeping 
> >minarets;
> > > templates of appeasement to the preterite, just
> the weather again to the
> > > elect for the sky absolves nothing of course".
> (134)
> 
> That's an obvious nod allright, but how about this
> deep and blatant bow:
> [In the course of a description of the different
> guests visiting Lemprière 
> during his work on the dictionary]:
> 
> "Lastly and most puzzling of all there was a
> non-descript fellow, tall, 
> dressed for the times with brown or black hair, not
> so tall perhaps, but 
> certainly not short and gaunt rather than full in
> the face although neither 
> description wholly missed the mark. Septimus brought
> him in with a minimum 
> of fanfare and at first said nothing at all.
> Lemprière looked at the man 
> suspiciously.
> 'Who are you?' he asked at length.
> 'This is Mister O'Tristero,' said Septimus. There
> was a second long silence.
> 'I am your rival.' said Mister O'Tristero. That was
> the substance of all 
> that was said.
> After he had gone, Lemprière turned to his friend
> for explanation. 'Keep you 
> on your toes,' explained Septimus." (Lemprière's
> Dictionary, pp. 200-01)
> 
>
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