IVIV (1) "a different karmic thermal"

[Doug Millison]

Didn't Pynchon have falcons or hawks riding the thermals above  
downtown LA in Vineland?

Dave Monroe:

> "a different karmic thermal"
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/karma
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thermal
>
> A nice, appropriately Pynchonian (entropy, ballooning) trope there ...
>