Reading out of place

[Joe Allonby]

Goin' down to the Douglas Adams for a shot of wry.

On 9/3/06, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>  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 <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> *To:* Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> ; John Carvill<JCarvill at algsoftware.com>; Peter
> Fellows-McCully <pfm at anam.com> ; 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 <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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