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T om Killio n . T H E W A V E © 1979. W o od cu t. 6" x 3 3 /4 ". Fr om T h e C o a s t o f C alif o r n ia. Se e also con tr ib u tor s p age. A Pl a c e o n t h e Ma p , a Pl a c e in t h e Min d : Ja m e s D. H o u s t o n ’s D o y l e T r il o g y A n d r e w W i n g f i e l d O n e o f t h e m an y r e m ar k a b le t h in gs ab o u t Ja m e s D . H o u st o n ’s n o v e ls is t h a t e a c h o f t h e m b e gin s w it h a buzz. A s H o u st o n e x p la in s in t h e a u t o b io gr a p h ic a l e ssay “W o r d s an d M u sic ,” h e k n o w s it is t im e t o e m b ar k u p o n a n ew p r o je c t w h e n h e fe e ls “t h e t in glin g acr o ss m y sc alp t h a t I . . . r efer t o as t h e lite r ar y buzz, a lit t le sign a l fr o m t h e t o p o f m y h e ad t h a t t h e r e is so m e m y ster y h e r e , or so m e u n r e v e ale d lin k age t h a t w ill h a v e t o b e so lv e d or e x p lo r e d w it h w o r d s” (1 5 9 ). P r o b ab ly t h e m o st c r u c ial lite r ar y buzz H o u st o n h as e v e r e x p e r i­ e n ce d c am e o n e d ay b a c k in t h e ear ly 1 9 7 0 s w h e n h e w e n t o u t w it h a ge o lo gist fr ie n d t o v isit so m e o f t h e t o u c h p o in t s a lo n g a fifty - m ile st r e t ch o f t h e Sa n A n d r e a s Fau lt . I h a d o f co u r se h e a r d t h e le ge n d s o f t h e . . . fau lt. I h a d d r u n k fr o m t h e r e se r v o ir s o f w at e r st o r e d in lo n g d e p r e ssio n s er e- A n d r e w W i n g f i e l d a t e d b y t h e m o v e m e n t s o f t h e c o n t in e n t a l p lat e s. I h ad c r o sse d t h e r ift zo n e c o u n t le ss t im e s in m y t r av e...

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