BE missing pieces

[Max Nemtsov]

thanks, Dave
lonesome no more ))

On 20.02.2015 17:59, David Morris wrote:
> Yes.  It's his name.
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com 
> <mailto:max.nemtsov at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     you mean it's the virtual youth's last name, the one's who never
>     is named in the rest of the episode? a sudden revelation of sorts,
>     no wonder the author scratched it
>     i though it's some cultural reference i'm not aware of (and google
>     didn't help)
>
>
>     On 20.02.2015 17:52, Dave Monroe wrote:
>
>         Speevely = the loutish youth
>
>         reconfigured = More Cowbell t-shirt to Armani suit
>
>         e.g., http://www.chasingthefrog.com/morecowbell-t-shirts.php
>
>         On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Max Nemtsov
>         <max.nemtsov at gmail.com <mailto:max.nemtsov at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             guys, I'm working now on the Russian translation of BE,
>             and i wonder if some
>             of you could help me with this (and for your info anyway)
>
>             the kindle edition of the book i have has this passage
>             from chapter 33:
>
>             “Welcome to the bridge, Ms. Loeffler.” A loutish youth,
>             unshaven, in cargo
>             shorts and a stained More Cowbell T-shirt. There is a
>             shift in the ambience.
>             The music segues to the theme from Deus Ex, the lights
>             dim, the space is
>             tidied by invisible cyberelves.
>
>             Pynchon, Thomas (2013-09-17). Bleeding Edge (p. 356).
>             Penguin Group US.
>             Kindle Edition.
>
>             however the text i was given by the publisher who received
>             it via the
>             well-known agent, has a slightly diff version of the same one:
>
>             “Welcome to the bridge, Ms. Loeffler.” A loutish youth,
>             unshaven, in cargo
>             shorts and a stained More Cowbell T-shirt.
>             "And you are..."
>             "Public relations."
>             "And right now you're... in uniform? out of uniform?"
>             "Actually, there's a menu..." which he reaches into empty
>             air and pulls down
>             for her.
>             "Hmm... well, this Armani turnout here would look nice on
>             you... Oh, and...
>             wait, hat options..."
>             Once they get this sorted, the reconfigured Speevely beams
>             at her
>             expectantly for a while. There is a shift in the ambience etc.
>
>             while it's pretty clear for me that i should stick to the
>             final version, as
>             presented in the kindle edition, just for elucidation's
>             sake, what, the
>             fuck, is Speevely? ))
>             Mx
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