TFv01 NARCON INTERRUPTION (annotated)

Annotations for NARCON INTERRUPTION from One Rainy Day In May.

## Page 563

**I**

one half of pause symbol?

## Page 564

**A good enough place to pause**

House of Leaves (134) – Perhaps Here is as good a place as any...

## Page 565

**Parameter 3**

see 574

**Narcon**

narco - from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "to make numb".

Archons - (from Gnosticism) servants of the Demiurge, the "creator god" that stood between the human race and a transcendent God that could only be reached through *gnosis*. In this context they have the role of the angels and demons of the Old Testament (Wikipedia). For other use see this page

## Page 566

**Spiralist**

Spiralism: A literary movement founded in the late 1960s
by René Philoctète, Jean-Claude Fignolé, and Frankétienne centered
around the idea that the universe is interconnected, unpredictable, and
governed by chaos

**Chronomosaic**

the historical column in Only Revolutions

**Chick lit**

genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly

**Piclit**

Picture Writing, internet kitsch

**spinning rainbow wheel**

like the glitch in Paradise Open

## Page 567

**MetaPlus-**

font used by Narcon9

**postiling**

postil - a marginal note or comment, especially on a biblical text - what Narcons are doing in this book

## Page 569

**TF-Narcon^9 Isn — Empathic Registry = 00.02%**

Isandorno shows very little, almost no sign of empathy.

**TF-Narcon^9 Oz — Intestinal Ulceration = 01.54%**

Özgür has very slight ulceration in his intestinal tract.

**TF-Narcon^9 X — Epileptic Seizure Likelihood = 21.12%**

Xanther is bound, or rather prone, to seizures every several days.

**TF-Narcon^9 Anw — Mild Paranoia = 27.03%**

Anwar is getting more paranoid, this perhaps increasing (or, by now, possibly leveled out).

**TF-Narcon^9 Shn — Grief Repression = 53.32%**

Shnork is restraining himself from grief, or at least trying to. He's a little more than a half repressed.

**TF-Narcon^9 W — Obsessive Compulsive Disorder = 61.12%**

With a little footnote stating 'if not treated,' Cas (The Wizard) is susceptible to becoming very OCD.

**TF-Narcon^9 Ast — Libidinal Prerogative/Reproductive Obsolescence = 72.28%**

Astair's extremely sexually frustrated, and feels she hasn't had sex, or her 'privates haven't been used' (reproductive obsolescence) in a long time.

**TF-Narcon^9 L — Libidinal Organization/Pre-Adolescent Threat Exposure = 89.3%**

?Showing off his pimp-moves in order to impress Hopi?

**TF-Narcon^9 JJ — Addiction Proclivity = 91.44%**

Although Jingjing's a recovering addict, his likelihood to relapse or partake in drugs again is extremely high, around the nicotine and heroin relapse rates.

## Page 571

**synaptic transmission rates**

compared to fireworks. MZD used
the pictures of fireworks in Xanther's chapter bubbles on page 326

## Page 572

**patois**

dialect

**occluding the sense of self**

is jingjing blocking himself and others
 to access his true self? Are the many untranslated passages a wall
preventing readers to approach him?

**supernumenary**

Supernumerary is an adjective which means "exceeding
the usual number". When used as a noun, "supernumerary" means a
temporary employee, additional society member, or extra manpower,
usually in a function which has a temporary contract. Its counterpart,
"numerary", is a civil designation for persons who are incorporated in a
 fixed or permanent way to a society or group, meaning a regular member
of the working staff

## Page 576

**Carrer de Montcada**

 street in Barcelona

## Reader's Guide Questions:

***13. Who or what is a Narcon (p. 563) and what is its function? How does the description of the Narcons change your overall understanding of The Familiar (Volume 1)?***