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Revision as of 12:01, 19 December 2006
- Please keep these annotations SPOILER-FREE by not revealing information from later pages in the novel.
Contents
Page 336
R-girls
Rail girls?
Page 337
Mrs. Dragsaw
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Page 338
grubstake
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Maude Adams
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Page 339
Modestine
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Hop Fung
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Celestial
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lobbygow
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On Leong
???
Page 340
Hip Sing
Perhaps a "hip" parody of the cook in Bonanza, Hop Sing.
morning-hat
???
Page 341
high-binders
???
day clubs
???
Page 342
acid magenta
???
Con McVeety
???
worst acts
Itself a cliche, e.g, Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose.
Page 343
Olio
???
Bogoslaw Borowicz
???
Page 344
Dr. Ictibus
Octopus?
Safe-Deflector Hat
Dave Garroway supposedly had a hat that calculated the angle to be safe from falling bricks, if I recall correctly. Wikipedia
Odo
???
figurante
???
Williams and Walker
???
Calpurnia... Mrs. Caesar
Calpurnia was the wife of Julius Caesar and is a minor character in Shakespeare's play.
Page 345
Liu Bing
(Lubing? Cf Lube-ass night.)
Camille
???
Lillian Russell
American actress and singer (1860-1922) Wikipedia entry.
Verbena
???
I.J. & K. Smokefoot
Quaternions based on 'i * j * k'.
Page 346
Jachin and Boaz
The two pillars on the porch of Solomon's Temple. Wikipedia entry. They also appear on the Tarot card of The High Priestess in the A.E. Waite Rider deck, whose designer, Pamela Colman Smith, is mentioned in ATD at p. 186. Wikipedia entry.
just a kid
Dally was born c1888, so 15 or 16?
newly introduced
Paris 1900? Wikipedia
Page 347
Yosemite Falls
pic?
"Her Mother Never Told Her"
???
the Tombs
NYC prison.
Page 348
Kipperville
???
arecas
???
Perrier Jouet
Brand of expensive Champagne.
Page 349
Oomie Vamplet
???
Kate Chase Sprague
???
Congo violet
???
Page 350
Chinchito
(Wasn't Herve Villachaise supposed to be well endowed?)
in the wallpaper
Cf Lew on cyclomite.
Page 351
Sweet Caporal
???
"French flat"
???
Pitti Palace
???
grattacielo
???
Bria
???
Page 352
Little Nemo
October 1905? Wikipedia
melted icebox ice
(How nasty would this have been?)
majolica
???
Fletcher's Castoria
A patent medicine composed of senna, sodium bicarbonate, essence of wintergreen, taraxicum, sugar and water, used as a laxative. Wikipedia entry.
La Forza del Destino
Literally, the "force of destiny."
cretino
Cretin
Page 353
Luigi Denza
???
Psyche knot
The knot in which Psyche kept her hair, as shown in ads for White Rock mineral water during this time frame. Pictures here.
Friuli
???
platinum black
???
affondato, vero
???
bloody horror shows
A reference to the Grand Guignol theater in Paris, which opened in 1897, known for its gory shows. Wikipedia entry.
Page 355
Houdini
Wikipedia
Porca miseria
???
Teatro Malibran
???
Page 356
Stupendica
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East Rumelian
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Erlys remembered
(Why not Dally?)
Page 357
Bert Snidell
(see p)
Hindoo shuffles
???
French drops
???
Annotation Index
| Part One: The Light Over the Ranges |
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|---|---|
| Part Two: Iceland Spar |
119-148, 149-170, 171-198, 199-218, 219-242, 243-272, 273-295, 296-317, 318-335, 336-357, 358-373, 374-396, 397-428 |
| Part Three: Bilocations |
429-459, 460-488, 489-524, 525-556, 557-587, 588-614, 615-643, 644-677, 678-694 |
| Part Four: Against the Day |
695-723, 724-747, 748-767, 768-791, 792-820, 821-848, 849-863, 864-891, 892-918, 919-945, 946-975, 976-999, 1000-1017, 1018-1039, 1040-1062 |
| Part Five: Rue du Départ |
