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'''Igor Padzhitnoff'''<br> | '''Igor Padzhitnoff'''<br> | ||
The whole passage that introduces the rival airship captain is a play on Tetris. Igor's surname is similar to that of the creator of Tetris, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pazhitnov Alexey Pazhitnov]. Also, the captain himself flies a ship called "The Great Game" and drops "bricks and masonry, always in the four-block fragments which had become his "signature," to fall on and damage targets designated by his superiors." | The whole passage that introduces the rival airship captain is a play on Tetris. Igor's surname is similar to that of the creator of Tetris, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pazhitnov Alexey Pazhitnov]. Also, the captain himself flies a ship called "The Great Game" and drops "bricks and masonry, always in the four-block fragments which had become his "signature," to fall on and damage targets designated by his superiors." | ||
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| + | '''Tovarishchi Slutchainyi''' | ||
| + | Translates as Comrades of Cheney (according to Ande on Pynchon-L) | ||
| + | "...notorious for promoting wherever in the world they choose a program | ||
| + | of mischief..." | ||
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Revision as of 19:57, 27 November 2006
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dazzle-painting
A camouflage painting technique used on WWI ships. Link: [1]
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Igor Padzhitnoff
The whole passage that introduces the rival airship captain is a play on Tetris. Igor's surname is similar to that of the creator of Tetris, Alexey Pazhitnov. Also, the captain himself flies a ship called "The Great Game" and drops "bricks and masonry, always in the four-block fragments which had become his "signature," to fall on and damage targets designated by his superiors."
Tovarishchi Slutchainyi Translates as Comrades of Cheney (according to Ande on Pynchon-L) "...notorious for promoting wherever in the world they choose a program of mischief..."
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lines
The description of the single-file line at the train station basically describes current security conditions at American airports. A single line (i.e. linear thinking) does not seem to be a 'positive' in the Pynchon world.
