Reading out of place

[Tim Strzechowski]

I've always thought that one Dickensian aspect of P's writings (if one can equate Dickens and Pynchon stylistically) is the frequency and creativity of pub names in their works.  Each author seems to enjoy creating quirky pub names and, if I had my druthers, I'd attempt to list the names in all their works.

That'll be my first project when I retire in 17 years.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joe Allonby 
  To: Dave Monroe 
  Cc: James Kyllo ; John Carvill ; Peter Fellows-McCully ; pynchon-l at waste.org 
  Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:23 PM
  Subject: Re: Reading out of place


  You win.

  But there really is a pub called Brendan Behan.


  On 9/3/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com > wrote:
    I'm off to the Samuel Beckett for Happy Hour ...

    --- James Kyllo < jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:

    > Are there many pubs at all named after writers?
    > (Other than Shakespeare).  One local here was
    > called the George Orwell for a while.. but it 
    > looked more like 1984 the year than the book.
    > Will people somewhere one day be able to slip out
    > for a swift half at the Thomas Pynchon?

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