GR V3 iron queen?

[Ya Sam]

Welcome back, Clement. Join our group read of Against the Day.

As for your question, one of the possible interpretations is the iron queen 
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http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=%22iron%20queen%22%20&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

I think someone on the list also mentioned Queen Victoria.


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>Dear all, here I am again among you my fellow pynchonites. Just a silly
>question, but do you know what means the famous iron queen in:
>Above him lift girders old as an iron queen, and glass somewhere far above
>[GR 3]
>The French awful translation says something like "an old architecture is
>standing above him like the wreck of a ocean liner through which is pouring
>the light of the day." But I found somewhere else on the Internet a page
>from the German translation (Jelinek!) which is "old as an iron queen."
>If you have any idea about those queens, I will appreciate!
>Best,
>Clement

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