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...b 38, since that whole chapter of the Bible contains many of the themes of AtD. God (speaking out of a whirlwind)is basically asking Job who does he think ...treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and wa

...Consulta?TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=nochecita nochecita] as "Crepúsculo vespertino", i.e. evening twilight. Frank will not be the last ''AtD'' character to hold himself out as an [[Idiots and Idiocy in Against the Da

The acronym T.W.I.T is most appropriate: a twit is an ineffectual buffoon. Neville and Nigel ...[ATD 171-198#Page 183|"Beavers of the Brain"]]). Its male counterpart is [[ATD 397-428#Page 405|Candlebrow U.]], to be encountered down the road apiece (a

And behind both AtD and GR, there are strong overtones from the ''Book of Revelation:'' :9:1 -''The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star, that had fallen down from Heaven to earth, and he was given the

When were the Chums last seen in AtD? As far back as page 142? ...mean "[http://notes.tranq.com/archives/2004/01/23/zuccone/ pumpkinhead]". I guess we're looking for something phallic, given the context.<br>

I.e., wife's conventional plea. ...pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2 ''The Crying of Lot 49''] ("I Want to Kiss Your Feet" by Sick Dick and the Volkswagens), but is most [[F#

Wells committed suicide in 1931. <i>Ibid.</i> ...e to Canada to work tough outdoors jobs, he was also a banker, a World War I Correspondent (WWI), and a wealthy world traveler who left the Yukon in 191

...appear to be many allusions to [http://v.pynchonwiki.com/wiki ''V.''] in ''ATD''. ...a bear's claw. Octopus Ink seems to be a joking reference to the coffee. [I think the speaker here (Wren) is making a joking reference to the strange f

...post 9/11 George W. Bush use of the term, once again relating the time of AtD, with its "unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic feckles ...most prominent and outspoken luddites. Sale later said, "The Unabomber and I share a great many views about the pernicious effect of the Industrial Revo

"I have to get the fuck out of here." ...rase. The Spanish equivalent could be "Tengo que salir cagando de aquí" ("I have to go shitting out of here").

...sting in light of the Butch Cassidy references in the Telluride section of ATD. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woo#Trivia [wikipedia]] ...edictionary.com/] which explains the origins of a lot of the words used in AtD:

...l is, presumably, ''The Chums of Chance in Old Mexico'', as described on [[ATD 1-25#Page 7|p. 7]]. ...n Library Edition 2001, p. 34) (See [[ATD 81-96#Page_92|here]] for more on AtD and ''Blood Meridian'')

...science fiction writers whom Pynchon is both emulating and parodying in ''ATD''. H.G. Wells was an English novelist, sociologist, journalist, and histori I.e., Angel of Grace

...usal. The origin of this word can be traced back to the explanation above (i.e. Aphrodite). As for Late''wood'', well, that's kind of self-explanatory, '''''"That'' is that of which ''I'' speak!"'''<br>

...logists until the 1960s. Probably just another anachronism in the world of AtD. ..., Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

..., the director and chairman of the Vickers munitions firm during World War I [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaharoff_Basil]. He also turns up as an inte The three parts of a quaternion that are multiples of '''i''', '''j''' and '''k''' (Cf [[ATD_525-556#Page 525|page 525: Quaternions]].

...]), led to the phrases of "the ''ijk'' lot" of page 533 and "creature of ''i-j-k''" of page 534. Well, I don't think it may sound insulting for the waiter, as Ostend is in the part

...book heroics; the reader is now made aware of a large organization (see B.I.N., below) standing behind the massive airships and their crews. We all kno ...l "the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam: What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?" Balaam's ass

...e is of thy imagination", She says in the novel, "She". Cf. a line, [which I am checking] in "The Crying of Lot 49". ...the long run, despite her obvious erotic influence on the men and women in ATD. - Tommaso

...s for giving a person the right to teach university courses independently (i.e. without a formal assignment) and supervise doctoral candidates. This rig ...only substance and it is inherently and objectively dialectical in nature, i.e. it is in constant development due to the interactions of conflicting for