Zomes

[Bekah]

I remember those Zomes - thanks!   I couldn't really get a handle on  
what TRP was talking about in the book.

  My late hubby designed and built a regular Dome (Fuller type - but  
I'm not sure what the difference is) playhouse for our daughter in  
1973 or so.   Each panel was a different color.  One guy brought a  
carpenter out  and took measurements because Tim didn't use plans,  he  
designed it himself.  This guy wanted to use it for his goats!

Anyway,  here's another site with photos of the zomes in Drop City:
http://www.vipgrafx.com/hippy/wallpapers3.htm
(scroll down)

I read Boyle's Drop City a few years ago.   It was pretty good,   
nothing to really hop around about but ...  I'd say an 8 out of 10  
rating.   It wasn't really sad or nostalgic,  just another look from  
another pov.

Bekah
http://web.mac.com/bekker2/



On Aug 9, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> David Kipen wrote:
>> Never fails. I send a brief, informative post, and what do I hear  
>> back? Crickets.
>
> no, that's my kitchen fan.  needs oiling.  badly.
>
> anyway, thanks for the tip about The Big Fix, but Amazon want $25  
> for it.
> Not in my budget this pay  period, nor probably next one either...
>
> here is my try at a brief, informative post:
> Zomes were mentioned in The Last Whole Earth Catalog,
> which came out in 1970.
> here is some more about that:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zome
>
> I could ramble on and on about the Whole Earth Catalog and how cool  
> it was,
> and how people built these anarchist paradises like Drop City,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_City and they were
> ruined by drug abuse, implacable authorities and simple human  
> irresponsibility
> in many cases, and so forth...but was hoping maybe Pynchon would set  
> his
> next novel in such a place and not have it fall prey to those  
> forces, since
> Coraghessen Boyle has already done a pretty  good job of showing that
> in his novel,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_City_(novel)
> which I keep meaning to read, and now probably really will as an  
> appendage
> to reading IV.
>
> But I won't (Oops - too late!)
>
>
> -- 
> "My God, I am fully in favor of a little leeway or the damnable jig is
> up! " - Hapworth Glass