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https://paw.princeton.edu/article/how-princetonians-saved-great-gatsby https://paw.princeton.edu/article/how-princetonians-saved-gr...

082349872349872 1y ago
Gatsby's juvenile schedule and resolutions never fail to remind me of the HN front page. (come to think of it, Burning Chrome's Rikki has a bit of déclassée Daisy to her as well)
- gsf_emergency 1y ago
  If we take it as a given that BC was inspired by TGG, would you say that the source particulars was healthier? Ginevra ("Geneva"/"Juniper") as depicted in Winter Dreams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyyrikki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyyrikki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_of_Li%C3%A8ge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_of_Li%C3%A8ge >He gained the trust (and the faith) of its people through the outdoorsman skills he acquired in his hunting life. (One of those rare gods whose father was more mortal-- thus giving credit to the age-old wisdom of marrying up? (Veblen! GOLF! Elite Hillbillies!)) [Recent moves, however, remind that imbecility/juvenility could make particularly effective feints. Pay ever more attention to health!]
  - 082349872349872 1y ago
    Dexter Green may be on a different side of the law from Bobby Quine and Jay Gatz, but not only does Ginevra add a note of autobiography, with regard to the end of DG's caddying* days there's always FSF's resignation: "...I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp." * TIL Jordan Baker was modelled on "the fairway flapper" friend of Ginevra's EDIT: I'm not sure if Hubert is a wise choice to be the patron saint of opticians (being famous for a visual aberration, after all?)
    - gsf_emergency 1y ago
      Sir,-- did you confuse FSfG with WCF? (TIL- need to compare with the influence of Estelle Oldham https://neilsonsdepartmentstore.wordpress.com/behindestelleoldhamfaulknerspendings/ https://neilsonsdepartmentstore.wordpress.com/behindestelleo... ) Ahaha I do wonder what 2 cents in today's genius-bucks (aka the Stag Standard?) would be E: not reminded of St Benjamin pointing St Luke at Dagobah? U: Alpaida seems to have been more interesting (along Genevan lines) than writers (& st Lam) made of her U2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson_Report
      - gsf_emergency 1y ago
        U3: 4 more stragglers after frontpageD+6! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692677
      - 082349872349872 1y ago
        Oops! Indeed I had confused them. St Benjamin and St Luke imply that Tatooine, instead of a trinity, has a "Big Four": the father, the two suns, and the holy ghost...
        gsf_emergency 1y ago
        Haha. Noted: opportunity to reference GoF not taken.

082349872349872 1y ago

Gatsby's juvenile schedule and resolutions never fail to remind me of the HN front page. (come to think of it, Burning Chrome's Rikki has a bit of déclassée Daisy to her as well)

gsf_emergency 1y ago
If we take it as a given that BC was inspired by TGG, would you say that the source particulars was healthier? Ginevra ("Geneva"/"Juniper") as depicted in Winter Dreams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyyrikki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyyrikki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_of_Li%C3%A8ge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_of_Li%C3%A8ge >He gained the trust (and the faith) of its people through the outdoorsman skills he acquired in his hunting life. (One of those rare gods whose father was more mortal-- thus giving credit to the age-old wisdom of marrying up? (Veblen! GOLF! Elite Hillbillies!)) [Recent moves, however, remind that imbecility/juvenility could make particularly effective feints. Pay ever more attention to health!]
- 082349872349872 1y ago
  Dexter Green may be on a different side of the law from Bobby Quine and Jay Gatz, but not only does Ginevra add a note of autobiography, with regard to the end of DG's caddying* days there's always FSF's resignation: "...I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp." * TIL Jordan Baker was modelled on "the fairway flapper" friend of Ginevra's EDIT: I'm not sure if Hubert is a wise choice to be the patron saint of opticians (being famous for a visual aberration, after all?)
  - gsf_emergency 1y ago
    Sir,-- did you confuse FSfG with WCF? (TIL- need to compare with the influence of Estelle Oldham https://neilsonsdepartmentstore.wordpress.com/behindestelleoldhamfaulknerspendings/ https://neilsonsdepartmentstore.wordpress.com/behindestelleo... ) Ahaha I do wonder what 2 cents in today's genius-bucks (aka the Stag Standard?) would be E: not reminded of St Benjamin pointing St Luke at Dagobah? U: Alpaida seems to have been more interesting (along Genevan lines) than writers (& st Lam) made of her U2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson_Report https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munson_Report
    - gsf_emergency 1y ago
      U3: 4 more stragglers after frontpageD+6! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43692677
    - 082349872349872 1y ago
      Oops! Indeed I had confused them. St Benjamin and St Luke imply that Tatooine, instead of a trinity, has a "Big Four": the father, the two suns, and the holy ghost...
      - gsf_emergency 1y ago
        Haha. Noted: opportunity to reference GoF not taken.