Two Encyclopedias, Fat and Thin

[David Gentle]

>> As well as in Tom Swift novels...
>>
>> But Pynchon's always been good at the cliffhanger
>> (see the end of Lot 49)....
>
> See also, not only the end of GR, but of V. as well.
> Not just a cliff hanger, but a clff jumper, it seems.
> Anyone have a take on just what happens there?  I
> asked this during the last V. group read, but no
> takers, so ...
I'm fairly certain I resonded back then and suggested that the lights going 
out where the actors reaching the edge of the canvas. They continue but we 
cannot see them. Maybe it was a stupid idea but P. seems obsessed with the 
difficult problem of where to stop the sort of novel he writes.

David Gentle