
An illustration of a favorite novel, Don DeLillo’s White Noise.
One bar per chapter; taller is longer. Parts are color-coded as follows:
- “Waves and Radiation” — black,
- “The Airborne Toxic Event” — red,
- “Dylarama” — blue.
Note that the single chapter comprising “The Airborne Toxic Event” begins one-third of the way through the novel and ends just past the half-way point.
(Help yourself to an archive of the actual data, if interested.)

Abject Futurity » Blog Archive » The Airborne Olfactory Event | 28-Oct-05 at 11:08 pm | Permalink
[...] Noted without comment, except to say that “unseen, sweet-smelling cloud” fits tidily into with the scheme presented in chapter 21 of DeLillo’s White Noise: [...]