GR translation: white overhead

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue May 31 14:02:26 UTC 2022


Assuming Slothrup is laying on his back, the “white overhead” would be the
bright lights of the white ceiling in his field of vision directly above
his head.

On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 9:23 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V61.13-17, P62.30-34   These changes on the text “You never did the Kenosha
> Kid” are occupying Slothrop’s awareness as the doctor leans in out of the
> white overhead to wake him and begin the session. The needle slips without
> pain into the vein just outboard of the hollow in the crook of his elbow:
> 10% Sodium Amytal, one cc at a time, as needed.
>
> What exactly is the "white overhead" here? Is it an overhead lamp?
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