Great link in the wikipedia article to Gravity's Rainbow. Love this quote from the Byron the Bulb episode: "His youthful dreams of organizing all the bulbs in

Great link in the wikipedia article to Gravity's Rainbow. Love this quote from the Byron the Bulb episode: "His youthful dreams of organizing all the bulbs in the world seem impossible now—the Grid is wide open, all messages can be overheard, and there are more than enough traitors out on the line. Prophets traditionally don't last long—they are either killed outright, or given an accident serious enough to make them stop and think, and most often they do pull back. But on Byron has been visited an even better fate. He is condemned to go on forever, knowing the truth and powerless to change anything. No longer will he seek to get off the wheel. His anger and frustration will grow without limit, and he will find himself, poor perverse bulb, enjoying it."