Two Encyclopedias, Fat and Thin

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

I had a fantasy, years ago, of "The 49 Steps"---
conflating John Buchan's "The 39 Steps" with
Pynchon and Harry Parch:

"Partch is famous for his 43-tone scale, even 
though he used many different scales in his 
work and the number of divisions is theoretically infinite."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch

I will look for a copy of "The 49 Steps". Knowing
there's a Talmudic aspect as well only
deepens the mystery. Seven squared would
doubtless have many numerological implications.