[jamesakirk]

Here is the section in Gravity's Rainbow which tells the tale of Byron the Lightbulb (the longest-burning lightbulb) and his troubles with the Phoebus Cartel: https://www.tildedave.com/byron.html

In a book full of strange meandering asides, this was among the most memorable.

[mjaniczek]

Wow that was hard to read.

[voldacar]

Byron the Bulb was what got me hooked on Pynchon.

He writes like a madman