Bact to AtD. Frank. Meteorites

[Mark Kohut]

p 984 "the strangest-looking damn rock he'd seen in a while, black and pitted all over, smooth in some places
and rough in others"......

It talks to him: "What are you doing here?" it seemed it was saying.
                         "You're sure along way from home to be askin that."
 
Wha? 

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From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:20 AM
Subject: Bact to AtD. Frank. Meteorites


p. 983
It turned out that the country around Jimenez had been famous since the days of Cortes for its
meteorites, including those found a San Gregorio and La Conception........It was like there was a god of
meteorites who had singled out Jimenez for special attention....

Meteorites always in the news. Why here?