IVIV (13) scene three synopsis

[John Bailey]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Robin Landseadel
<robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I see Trillium, I don't see Fortnight.

I don't quite get your meaning.

Although hang on, I didn't realise fortnight (ie two weeks) isn't a
common word in the US.

Fortnight ties Trillium to Lew Basnight for me. Also: night. Which
makes them both more sympathetic characters in my P-universe.

Also it's extremely rare for Pynchon to use a character name twice.
>From a realist perspective we could forgive writers who gives us a
coupla Bobs and a few Janes across their career, but I suppose
Trillium is as normal a character name as you'll find in a P novel.