Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jamesakirk 2396 days ago
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.

2 comments

Wow that was hard to read.
Byron the Bulb was what got me hooked on Pynchon.

He writes like a madman