<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post6805722790979943555..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6604636622217760901</id><published>2009-09-29T19:55:02.346-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-29T19:55:02.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'>From a guy who has never read Pynchon (maybe I wil...</title><summary type='text'>From a guy who has never read Pynchon (maybe I will now), read Savage Detectives before 2666. SD is a poet&amp;#39;s book. It&amp;#39;s about poets. Sort of. 2666, which is a great book, is a novelists&amp;#39; book. It&amp;#39;s about a novelist. Sort of. I think of Bolano (I don&amp;#39;t know how to do the dealiewhacker over the &amp;quot;n&amp;quot;) as one of the world&amp;#39;s greatest living novelist and he&amp;#39;s been </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/6604636622217760901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/6604636622217760901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254268502346#c6604636622217760901' title=''/><author><name>Bobby Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17990783036661848472</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1846872364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 29, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3642419977925698468</id><published>2009-09-28T20:50:48.058-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T20:50:48.058-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I could have torn through the Alphabet, but taking...</title><summary type='text'>I could have torn through &lt;i&gt;the Alphabet&lt;/i&gt;, but taking 11 months to read it allowed me to have a life with it. As I&amp;#39;d had with many of its constituent parts. Something like that is always a gift, and hasn&amp;#39;t happened to me much outside of the long poem--Proust is an exception, and I have to finish that before tackling Pynchon.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/3642419977925698468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/3642419977925698468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254185448058#c3642419977925698468' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6k4HvGxKtyg/SVPBwJ5AtYI/AAAAAAAAACI/AIiTa7_THRM/S220/Shadow+Head.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4473859846719394182</id><published>2009-09-28T19:39:57.100-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T19:39:57.100-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Charles, &#xa;&#xa;Please cite a source for the claim...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Charles, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please cite a source for the claim that Pynchon sued the paper for the photo, and won. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe your statement is not true. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See the discussion at the time, in &lt;i&gt;The New Yorker&lt;/i&gt;, at teh URL at the end of this comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Neither you nor me, nor anyone has any legally enforceable right of privacy when walking in a public space.  If he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/4473859846719394182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/4473859846719394182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254181197100#c4473859846719394182' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5489479293622409966</id><published>2009-09-28T18:34:48.167-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T18:34:48.167-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m shocked, shocked, to discover that hyperbo...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m shocked, shocked, to discover that hyperbole is a figure of speech.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/5489479293622409966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/5489479293622409966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254177288167#c5489479293622409966' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-438489534769003665</id><published>2009-09-28T16:57:23.884-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T16:57:23.884-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m having a hard time believing that your &amp;qu...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m having a hard time believing that your &amp;quot;wrist strength&amp;quot; was &amp;quot;built up&amp;quot; each night before bed from reading Against the Day. But thanks for trying to paint a picture of your encounters with Pynchon.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/438489534769003665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/438489534769003665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254171443884#c438489534769003665' title=''/><author><name>Steven Trull</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12568485477185375841</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-860282443"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-593983129892967055</id><published>2009-09-28T14:28:34.763-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T14:28:34.763-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pynchon sued the paper (I forgot which) that took ...</title><summary type='text'>Pynchon sued the paper (I forgot which) that took that picture for invasion of privacy, and won. Good for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the man wants to be left alone, and have his writing speak for itself, then I respect that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/593983129892967055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/593983129892967055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254162514763#c593983129892967055' title=''/><author><name>Charles</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07856117549225658562</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eZdrsewW2yo/So2FOaUsLUI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/8ItDXJ63JVM/S220/IMG_0051.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1126268698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8785951354270256932</id><published>2009-09-28T14:15:44.365-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T14:15:44.365-04:00</updated><title type='text'>According to CNN, the photo is Pynchon &amp;amp; his s...</title><summary type='text'>According to CNN, the photo is Pynchon &amp;amp; his son walking the streets of New York maybe 10 years ago.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/8785951354270256932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/8785951354270256932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254161744365#c8785951354270256932' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5066359076694052569</id><published>2009-09-28T13:17:48.961-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T13:17:48.961-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron, &#xa;&#xa;What&amp;#39;s the photo at the top of the p...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What&amp;#39;s the photo at the top of the post?  I&amp;#39;d guess it&amp;#39;s some asserted shot of Pynchon, yet unless I missed it, I didn&amp;#39;t see a mention of it here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see it came from Flickr, but I couldn&amp;#39;t find it over there either, at least in the first two or three pages of &amp;quot;Thomas Pynchon&amp;quot; tagged photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe a good palette-cleanser, if</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/5066359076694052569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/5066359076694052569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254158268961#c5066359076694052569' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2131673295097627149</id><published>2009-09-28T10:32:26.391-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T10:32:26.391-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pynchon is superb!  I&amp;#39;ve loved and learned fro...</title><summary type='text'>Pynchon is superb!  I&amp;#39;ve loved and learned from everything he&amp;#39;s done... yet Inherent Vice let me down: sorta like Kinky Friedman on reds.  Not a bad thing, but not so fascinating as all that came before it.  IMHO, as we used to say.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/2131673295097627149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/2131673295097627149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254148346391#c2131673295097627149' title=''/><author><name>Don Share</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03446230480847015806</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1011881777"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4462842150917001084</id><published>2009-09-28T09:55:03.499-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T09:55:03.499-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, I like Infinite Jest.</title><summary type='text'>Yes, I like Infinite Jest.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/4462842150917001084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/4462842150917001084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254146103499#c4462842150917001084' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8544489094428388050</id><published>2009-09-28T09:40:20.469-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T09:40:20.469-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Have you read Infinite Jest? You should consider t...</title><summary type='text'>Have you read &lt;i&gt;Infinite Jest&lt;/i&gt;? You should consider that for your next long novel.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/8544489094428388050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/8544489094428388050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254145220469#c8544489094428388050' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2098452223457942730</id><published>2009-09-28T08:47:19.493-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T08:47:19.493-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I read Against the Day nonstop&#xa;as soon as it came ...</title><summary type='text'>I read Against the Day nonstop&lt;br /&gt;as soon as it came out&lt;br /&gt;took three weeks&lt;br /&gt;and I wasn&amp;#39;t able to follow my usual end of book pattern of immediately starting something else;&lt;br /&gt;the atmosphere lingering as it did. . .&lt;br /&gt;and I&amp;#39;m contemplating a re-read&lt;br /&gt;in the near near future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first Pynchon was V&lt;br /&gt;which I&amp;#39;ve read several times&lt;br /&gt;but the last time </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/2098452223457942730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/2098452223457942730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254142039493#c2098452223457942730' title=''/><author><name>suzannahhh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14809829011780441369</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-997233470"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3786776457381936809</id><published>2009-09-28T00:45:13.894-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T00:45:13.894-04:00</updated><title type='text'>a while ago I made a list of the book&amp;#39;s mentio...</title><summary type='text'>a while ago I made a list of the book&amp;#39;s mentions of &amp;#39;invisibility&amp;#39; which I never thought anything about but put forward for general consideration (at the bottom there are also some of the mentions in Mason &amp;amp; Dixon):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://concordinance.wordpress.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wierd crossover between these books besides the frequent mention of this word (and others): first M&amp;amp;D </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/3786776457381936809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/6805722790979943555/comments/default/3786776457381936809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html?showComment=1254113113894#c3786776457381936809' title=''/><author><name>paul</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08164360742642470200</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-20-months-that-it-took-me-to-read.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6805722790979943555' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/6805722790979943555' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-372529931"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 28, 2009"/></entry></feed>