GR translation: white overhead

Mike Jing gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
Tue May 31 18:55:50 UTC 2022


Got it. Thanks, David.

On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 10:02 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
>> --
>> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>>
>


More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list