ATDTDA p 714

[Michael Bailey]

714 9 "The new construction always going on somewhere
in acoustical contact suggested relatively low property values
out here, which, far from distracting, was by many
interpreted as erotic."

This is the 3rd of 3 sentence fragments
(just as Dvindler is the middle entry in a list
of Theign's Vienna contacts encountered by Cyprian
but recollected as if by Theign*)
1) "non-Teutonics only hiring policy.
2) The sexes, perhaps by design, imperfectly segregated...."

I can't parse it to my satisfaction.
(if "values" is the object of "suggested", there's a
number disagreement, for one thing)

But, heck, they're sentence fragments anyway!

Nevertheless, the sense is clear: there's a
vibration coming thru the walls,
and there are low property values (which by extension,
means life itself may be fairly cheap);
and both these factors may excite certain persons.

The "lots of new construction" echoes all the
new construction in Colorado, too,
all those builders and dreamers, all too often reduced to rubble...


cf 714 34 "The interruptor on the secondary coil
made a not disagreeable sound, which after a while seemed to blend
in with the liquid echoes of the larger establishment"

pounding on the walls, lots of water - the opposite
of the Colonel's echoless room, come to think of it...

The Frankenstein-y ambience of the F.I.P. -- was this thing
for real?  Pynchonwiki alpha entry for F.I.P. indicates the poster
made one (sans the rectal probe)

Thanks all for the many extensions and elaborations...
badly needed, much appreciated!


* Maybe Theign had told (bedtime) stories to Cyprian
of these people.