Today, in a used bookstore in downtown Pittsburgh,

[Mark Kohut]

Where I had just met the owner to whom I had offered many of my books, I was
Introduced to a young city messenger who is also a Pynchon fanboy. I spoke of
the NY city messenger in BLEEDING EDGE--the bike messenger, he nodded. 
And we talked of the books. 

Andrew Carnegie started as a messenger in olde downtown Pittsburgh, but he read no fiction.
He occasionally got tickets to plays from companies. Over a hundred years later, Carnegie
became a probable component of Scarsdale Vibe in AGAINST THE DAY. 

When Pynchon readers meet, it is like Trystero communication. 

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