pynchon-l-digest V2 #4762

Sun Sep 3 14:02:17 CDT 2006

James Killo asks:

Will
people somewhere one day be able to slip out for a
swift half at the
Thomas Pynchon?

So I say:

Well, I'd go, but be careful.  Some of the drinks are
spiked.

-Chris

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> pynchon-l-digest      Sunday, September 3 2006     
> Volume 02 : Number 4762
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> 
> 
> MD3PAD 676-678
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: The Ice Storm & GR
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: The Ice Storm & GR
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: The Ice Storm & G
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: Reading out of place
> Re: The Ice Storm & G
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> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 08:48:45 -0400
> From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com>
> Subject: MD3PAD 676-678
> 
>         Daniel, one of the Mohawk Chiefs, has taken
> Mason and Dixon out
> at night onto the Great Warrior PAth.  He stops them
> before they step on
> points set into the trail that were tipped in venom
> to trap unwary
> visitors. It seems clear to all that there is
> trouble between the
> Iroquois and the Catawbas.
> 
>         Moses Barnes, the overseer of the axmen must
> have been on the
> walk with Mason and Dixon, because he mentioned at
> being struck by the
> silence and quotes from an unidentified poem
> concerning the silence of
> birds.
> 
>         Both Mason and Dixon dream of continuing
> onward, reaching a
> surging river they cannot ford, and having the
> Indians show them a great
> iron bridge that they are not allowed to use.
> 
>         Crawfford the Indian guide says that the
> first step on the trail
> to wisdom is realizing one has been travelling in a
> circle.
> 
>         Chapter 70 begins on page 678.  Mason is
> still trying to
> convince the Indians to let them go on with the line
> further west.
> 
> Toby
> 
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> 
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 07:05:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Reading out of place
> 
> Meanwhile, I'm off to the Charles Dickens to, uh,
> corroborate over a corroded tin cup ...
> 
> - --- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > We're professionals here. I'm going down to the
> > Brendan Behan to pontificate over a pint now.
> 
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> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:46:03 -0500
> From: "Joe Allonby" <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Reading out of place
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> I don't imagine that a pub named after Charles
> Dickens would be much fun.
> 
> Dark and dingy and filled with coal smoke? Probably.
> 
> Fun? Not likely, except maybe at Christmas.
> 
> On 9/3/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Meanwhile, I'm off to the Charles Dickens to, uh,
> > corroborate over a corroded tin cup ...
> >
> > --- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > We're professionals here. I'm going down to the
> > > Brendan Behan to pontificate over a pint now.
> >
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> I don't imagine that a pub named after Charles
> Dickens would be much fun.<br><br>Dark and dingy and
> filled with coal smoke? Probably.<br><br>Fun? Not
> likely, except maybe at Christmas.<br><br><div><span
> class="gmail_quote">
> On 9/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave
> Monroe</b> <<a
>
href="mailto:monropolitan at yahoo.com">monropolitan at yahoo.com</a>>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote"
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> Meanwhile, I'm off to the Charles Dickens to,
> uh,<br>corroborate over a corroded tin cup
> ...<br><br>--- Joe Allonby <<a
>
href="mailto:joeallonby at gmail.com">joeallonby at gmail.com</a>>
> wrote:<br><br>> We're professionals here. I'm
> going down to the
> <br>> Brendan Behan to pontificate over a pint
>
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> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 09:53:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Reading out of place
> 
> I'm off to the Socrates to name my poison ...
> 
> - --- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I don't imagine that a pub named after Charles
> > Dickens would be much fun.
> > 
> > Dark and dingy and filled with coal smoke?
> Probably.
> > 
> > Fun? Not likely, except maybe at Christmas.
> > 
> > On 9/3/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, I'm off to the Charles Dickens to,
> uh,
> > > corroborate over a corroded tin cup ...
> > >
> > > --- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We're professionals here. I'm going down to
> the
> > > > Brendan Behan to pontificate over a pint now.
> 
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> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 18:00:34 +0100
> From: "James Kyllo" <jkyllo at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Reading out of place
> 
> Are there many pubs at all named after writers?
> (Other than
> Shakespeare).  One local here was called the George
> Orwell 
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