Atdtda[4]: 108.20 Some huge underground construction venture

[Joseph T]

. The Megaera was a real wreck though Pynchon places the wreck on  
Amsterdam Island and it was really St. Paul(unless the name  
changed).  St Masque (as far as I can tell) is fabricated and reminds  
one of Prospero's masque near the end of the Tempest. But is St.  
Masque the stuff that dreams are made of ? For some reason the  
shoelessness and the big grave like hole called "home "suggest  
ghosts . It is as though, unsuited for paradise they long for the  
hellish hole.
Joseph T
On Mar 10, 2007, at 5:27 AM, Michel wrote:

> The act of naming is continued in the the last 2 paragraphs of this  
> section:  while normally you take a house and gradually you make it  
> into a home (which requires not building), here it is the other way  
> round.  Also note that by observing, the inhabitants of St Masque  
> come into existence, as well as its town.
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> Could the underground construction be a shelter for the "European  
> Powers" (108.9)?  The inhabitants are cutting themselves off from  
> the real world: "But wandered away before any of the lads could  
> answer" (108.23-24), as they are even not interested in a possible  
> reply.
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> More information can be found, away from the Holy Centre (?), with  
> "one of those low haunts", but it does not reveal much more. In  
> fact, giving a bit of background information causes even more  
> confusion with Chick.
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