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Mistakenly posted these notes on the last article, belong here.

I like how Tchitcherine's relationship with Wimpe is stubbornly hypothetical...

Noticed that Wimpe (remembered by Tchitcherine *if* the two had ever met) talks about Carothers of DuPont, the chemist who invented nylon, so that is referenced directly (at least) twice in the book. The parallel between drugs and plastics P. draws here is really interesting and compelling to me. https://substack.com/home/post/p-125387318

Wimpe works for IG Farben: "Our little chemical cartel is the model for the very structure of nations"

Kirghiz Light, all references in the book: https://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Kirghiz_Light

This article for the Aqyn's song: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1347396 <- I need the PDF if anyone has JSTOR

Dzambul: http://www.cyberussr.com/rus/dzhambul.html

Qoryt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Dede_Korkut

-> context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagshy

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