ATD 460-488
Contents
Page 460
so close... rocking
(Fact?)
Page 461
bust
Eg 'gone bust'?
day... set to the side
Title motif.
came by
(Page ref.)
Page 462
'cute
The word 'cute' is a shortened form of 'acute'.
Fickle Creek
???
ice-points
???
red whiskey
???
Noctambulo
Sleepwalker (Spanish).
insomnia
Parody of think tanks, etc?
Page 463
"echoed off the steep mountainside"
One hit.
for no more
Solecism?
Silent Gray Fellows
???
Indian V-twins
???
"Pie in the Sky"
???
love lines, life lines, girdles of Venus
???
overmapped
???
barbwire
AtD usually says 'bobwire'.
Four Corners Gang
(Mentioned above?)
Taos Lightning
???
Zoltan
???
Werner
???
Page 464
Excelsior
???
Vang Feeley
???
silencer bypass
???
multiple outcomes
Worldline motif.
clock-seconds
(Interesting disambiguation.)
routine as elaborate
I'm thinking maybe Ann Margaret in a 50s biker flick?
Page 465
Ed Chase's town
???
Tortoni's
???
Bill Jones's
???
honorary Negro
???
ankle-biter
???
breakbeam stiff
???
couple wives
(Divorce, or bigamy?)
Coahuila
???
Well.
Not an answer, apparently.
Page 466
Hammers o' Hell
???
Jephthah
???
narrow-gauge
???
traitor to his class
???
mucker work
???
South Slavic knitted caps
???
Austrian boys
???
vengeful ghosts
???
Page 467
fifteen years old... Julius
Indeed born 1890, but didn't tour West until aged 20+. Wikipedia
Mr. Archer
???
Victor
???
East Ninety-third
???
Page 468
Cone Amor
'Con amor' = 'with love' (Spanish). Icecream cones were invented in 1904, so this is not quite anachronistic.
me? lady
Capitalisation typo, or stylistic?
Fruita
???
Lois... Poutine
???
Page 469
teeth were gone
It's only been a couple of years. She's about 50.
Page 470
bengalines
???
Barbary Coast
???
lettuce opium
???
Page 471
Hippodrome
???
Page 472
reoccupation
Replacing Indians?
criminal palps
???
Page 473
Crystal... Oneida
Oneida crystal is a type of glassware. Google search
sash-weights
???
casementing
???
Page 474
inside the angle
Echoes p258.
Page 475
double-ought
Deuce had been in Cripple Creek by 1895 (p195). He might have returned, or not been present.
Page 476
put his head into
pic
Wall o' Death
???
ellipses
(Not circular?)
Page 477
"For It Is Thou, Lord"
???
Eugene Boilster.
???
Happy Jack La Foam
???
police ticker
???
Flor de Coahuila
???
twenty-five
Would make him 15 in 1895 (p195).
Page 478
senorita chinga chinga
???
mas cerveza
No 'por favor'!
co-conscious
(What's Pynchon up to with this word?)
more shit
Because shot through gut.
surprisingly careful latchclick
Nice!
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 |
