Ch 11 p167 fish swimming in the ruins

[Peter Petto]

> Doc turned over Shasta's postcard now and stared at the pictures on  
> the front. It was a photo taken underwater of the ruins of some  
> ancient city--broken columns and arches and collapsed retaining  
> walls. The water was supernaturally clear and seemed to emit a vivid  
> blue-green light. Fish, what Doc guessed you'd call tropical, were  
> swimming back and forth. It all seemed familiar.

Seemed familiar to me too. But what I remembering was modern ruins and  
ancient fish: a sequence from Hayao Miyazaki's latest film. I've  
posted a few images here:

    http://ppetto.com/images/3frames.html

for a while. I wonder if Pynchon saw this while writing IV.

    Peter++