Fictional books within books

[Monte Davis]

We *all* go up to the Body Text, young man. Some immediately, others not
for a while...

(There is one encouraging rumor I can share. They say that where it used to
be ink on wood pulp... then bright pixels on a dark screen, or the
reverse... now Everything is Illuminated!)

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
wrote:

> I sure am!
>
> We were told that every reference within the BT must be annotated here, and
> that it gets to be a damned nuisance after a while. Most of us being
> utterly
> useless. But you never know when they'll need us, footnote soldiers. Middle
> of a bedside-lamped night, or during the worst part of a desk spot
> bombardment
> you know, it makes no difference to them back there.
>
> I'd only like to know: do I ever get out much to… well, up to the Body
> Text?
>
>
> Quoting Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>:
>
>  But Heikki... you already *are* on alternate footnote 17 of contingent
>> chapter 3 of the provisional second revised edition of _Things That can
>> Happen in European Politics_.
>>
>> Aren't you enjoying it so far?
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski <
>> hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> For practical and economic reasons, I could really use a copy of A
>>> Cheapskate's Guide to the Zone. My hope is that it would enable me
>>> to delve into On Preterition, Things That Can Happen in European
>>> Politics, and Mitchell Prettyplace's 18-volume study of King Kong.
>>>
>>>
>>> Heikki
>>>
>>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Dave Monroe wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/fictional-books-
>>> within-bo_n_6024472.html
>>> >
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>>
>
>
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