Tannhauser ([info]spyinthehaus) wrote,

So, there's just one thing that's bothering me...

Why isn't it A Thousand Plateaux?

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[info]von_doom

May 16 2005, 06:06:35 UTC 7 years ago

Paging Bill Bryson.

Anonymous

May 18 2005, 14:02:12 UTC 7 years ago

Plateaux/plateaus are both allowed--I don't know what's more common in non-British Englishes. But I prefer to think that it's a pun from Massumi: it's a verb. A multiplicity condenses onto a plane, which is a pretty good description for the book itself, after all. Any thoughts yourself?

-mattw
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