End of Ch. 31 or section 3.3, depending on one's preferred way of breaking up the book. Plasticman is mentioned here, one of several references throughout the book. Supposedly a favorite character of Mr. Farina, one of Pynchon's old friends. Don't think there's any deeper meaning to it, it's just a little superhero-related quip. "Superman" would fit just as well, though Plasticman is less enduring and more of an obscure reference by now, which makes it *cool*. 3.3 summary (from what I remember, hopefully notes will be better moving forward): "Ian Scuffing" (Tyrone Slothrop) stumbles into the factory where they make the rockets, the Mittelwerke, runs into Major Marvy who is still upset from when that cool black guy threw him off the train (don't remember his name, it's been a few weeks), who then sends all of his men after him. He meets a Nazi guy named Glint? Glimmer? Some shit like that [correction: Glimpf]. Anyway, this old guy helps him hide from the mob, they take off in Tyrone's porsche and pull up to a castle, where there is a secret lab and a guy named like Zwitter or some dumb shit like that. I'll hopefully get the names down again as we get back into it. Ends with a little song that ominously hints at wrapping up WW2 (didn't it end in the previous chapters? Can't recall...) but preparing for "go-round 3"...

[meta-note: I took another break, went back, started over on Pt. 3, am beginning my note taking (again!) right here. Something special about this spot in the book, I'm assuming...] "mass liquid cooing" what exactly does this mean? can't tell if i'm overthinking it. Sounds like "liquid cooling", but describes "white fluff" which makes me think this is about birds, but what's the "liquid" part? Are they shitting? Am I just dumb? Edit: Yeah, it's probably shit. Dove shit is described just a few sentences later. Oh Pynchon, you punny guy.

[meta-note: I discovered this mid-read, so my notes will begin late. I'm currently totally lost. Join me as I try to make sense of what is going on after several weeks away from the book!]

_Summary: The launch of 00001 with Gottfried in the cockpit. The book closes on the delta-t, that vanishing interval growing forever smaller toward continuity, between the rocket and the theater._

👥 Richard M. Zhlubb Richard M. Zhlubb, who I've read elsewhere is a Nixon stand-in, is described as adenoidal, like the monster fantasy on page 15.

A tarot reading, to which Weissman is concerned. The state of sexual decrepitude in the Zone.

👥 Marjorie 👥 Hogan 👥 Pete Dufay 👥 Kim 👥 Hogan, Jr.

👥 Missus Krodobbly

👥 Mickey Wuxtry-Wuxtry

👥 Mindy Bloth

👥 Angels Melchidael, Yahoo, Anafiel, and the great Metatron _Summary: A Witch ritual occurs. Brothers Tchiterine and Enzian encounter one another but do not recognize each other._ > This is magic. Sure -- but not necessarily fantasy. Certainly not the first time a man has passed his brother by, at the edge of the evening, often forever, without knowing it. 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲

_Summary: Enzian and the Empty Ones recount the situation in the Zone and the fates of various members. Importantly, the boy finds his lemming._ 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 👥 Rudolf Effig 👥 Lisele

👥 Henryk the Hare 👥 Mieczislav Omuzire

_Summary: Geli Tripping conducts witchy rituals to learn the fate of Tchiterine. There is a description of Gottfried's bedside exchange with Blicero about dying._ 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲

_Summary: Several White Visitation members are investigating where the 00000 was fired from, what its bearing was, and where it went. Roger begs to get Jessica back. There is a dinner party._ 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲

👥 Lady Mnemosyne Gloobe 👥 Sir Hannibal Grunt-Gobbinette

👥 Commando Connie

👥 Pappy Hod

👥 Justus

👥 Urthgaloki 👥 Frau Urthgaloki

👥 Gustav Schlabone 👥 André Omnopon

_Summary: Tchiterine does Oneirine with Wimpe. He sees visions, but comes to to realize his officers have come to take credit for the work he's done -- hunting Enzian, his black brother(?)_ 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 📍 Der Grob Säugling

👥 Galina 👥 Džabajev

👥 Nikolai Ripov

_Summary: An interlocking suite of vignettes that cover Slothrop's childhood, life in college, Jack Kennedy, and a few properties of Imipolex G, especially its erectile quality._ 🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲

👥 Takeshi and Ichiro, Kamikazees

👥 Margaret O'Brien

👥 Rohr, keeper of the antenna

👥 Maximillian 👥 Broderick 👥 Nalline