CoL49: Echo & Narcissu

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

I do believe it's one of those things that repeatedly pops up in Pynchon 
on account of family history. Some where in the p-list archives, there 
ought to be some discussion of George M. & Co.s involvement in 
developing mini-subs.
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From: "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> I was just struck by the use of such an out-of-the-way prop
> in the plots of both CoL49 and AtD.
> 
> However, after the rundown you've given, I want one for myself.
> 
> 
> On 1/29/08, David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Midget submarines -- totally! "Midget submarines normally work with mother 
> ships" -- from Wikipedia :
> >
> > "A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons, typically operated by one 
> or two but up to 6 or 8 crew, with no on-board living accommodation. Midget 
> submarines normally work with mother ships, from which they are launched and 
> recovered, and which provide living accommodation for the crew and other support 
> staff. Both military and civilian midget submarines have been built and 
> operated. Military types work with surface ships and submarines as mother ships. 
> Civilian and non-combatant military types are generally called submersibles, and 
> normally work with surface ships."
> >
> > Personal-submersible hobbyists, like the father and the kid, take it to even 
> greater extremes:
> >