Back to V., MB's structure post cont.

[Robin Landseadel]

On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Tore Rye Andersen wrote:

> Robin pointed us to PynchonWiki's article on the etymology of  
> Vheissu, and John replied:
>
>> Well, I never knew Vheissu mightn't have been an original P  
>> invention.
>> There ya go.
>
> You do realize, don't you, that the book "Lesbare und lesenswerthe  
> Bemerkungen Über das Land Ukkbar in Klein-Asien" by Johann Valentin  
> Andreä is a fictional work concocted by Borges in his story "Tlön,  
> Uqbar"? Andreä was a real person, but he didn't write a book about  
> Ukkbar (or Vheissu), and whoever wrote the original post about the  
> mention of Vheissu in Andreä's travelogue must've had a bit of a  
> laugh. Vheissu remains an original P invention, all the way through  
> (and if the two of you were just sharing a private inside joke, I  
> apologize for pointing out the obvious).
>
> Tore 		 	   		

No, I too was fooled by clever fakes like THESE!

Gas Music from Jupiter indeed.

Curiouser & Curiouser . . .

I'll get my complete " Ficciones" out,  take the soles off my  
Gumsandals and do me some sleuthing over at Gotcha!'s ARPAnet outpost,  
Sportello style.

Now where's my Purple Kush . . .