God of Speed

About the Author......Page 3
Part Title......Page 5
Title Page......Page 7
The empire of my bed......Page 13
Part I......Page 17
Round-the world record, 1938......Page 19
Very manageable controls......Page 22
Airplanes in heaven......Page 26
I knew the names of all the birds......Page 30
Statistics are very helpful......Page 34
How each thing fits......Page 37
Memo, 1958: No matter what......Page 39
The ferrous origins of desire......Page 40
A different sort of pressure in the groin......Page 42
Katharine on the wing......Page 45
The horse who lives on in the stables of the infinite......Page 48
Memo, 1951: Coats......Page 52
Vista Del Arroyo, 1923......Page 53
Veins......Page 57
The ella-bone is connected to the billie-bone......Page 60
Jean Harlow had the knowledge......Page 63
The tendency of gravity......Page 67
The luxury of a coherent reality......Page 71
Ricochet......Page 73
Cool are the fairways at night......Page 75
The billie-bone is connected to the world-bone......Page 76
The sandsome young men......Page 78
The end of history......Page 81
Flush riveting......Page 84
Trancontinental record, January 14, 1936......Page 85
Fundamentals of oxygen......Page 87
 I hit the ground running......Page 90
Part II......Page 93
Round-the-World Record, 1938......Page 95
Oasis of Blossom and Light......Page 98
Lessening the Risk of Failure......Page 102
Gorgeous Girls Looking for Screen Breaks......Page 107
Thrumming......Page 109
Forty Fathoms Deep......Page 111
Faith Had the Range of the Palace......Page 113
In-Flight Entertainment......Page 118
If I Tell You I Had Sucked on Jane Greer's Delicate Nipple......Page 120
Bay of Plenty......Page 125
Debs......Page 129
The Answering Echo......Page 130
Uncrowded Horizons......Page 135
Memo, 1958: Delivering film canisters to the bungalow......Page 136
The Emperor of Empirin......Page 138
Count Oleg the Brave......Page 142
Self-Medication......Page 147
But There Were Still Moments......Page 148
One Could Imagine Her Wetness......Page 150
A Delicate Operation......Page 152
Mulberry Bush......Page 156
As If Forever......Page 160
Part III......Page 163
Round-the-World Record, 1938......Page 165
Wedding Bells Buried in the California Statutes......Page 168
The Streaming of the Light......Page 170
Memo, 1961: Jean's cat is missing......Page 173
Higher Truths of the Desert......Page 176
The Clean Men......Page 180
Bronze Bell Traveling Through Space......Page 183
Memo, 1967: Malarial with anxiety......Page 187
You Get the Thing You Want, But.........Page 189
Naked in the Epoch of the Clothes......Page 191
Memo, 1959: On retrieving my hearing-aid cord from the cabinet......Page 197
The Sheet Blew All Around Her Like a Sail......Page 199
Nixonburger......Page 201
Memo to Bob Maheu, June 6, 1968......Page 205
Planets Filled with Men......Page 207
The Early Bird......Page 210
The Nature of Accidents......Page 212
Blueprint for Change......Page 215
Part IV......Page 223
Round-the-World Record, 1938......Page 225
Could I Cut the Engines......Page 228
Memo, 1961: Summer......Page 232
Procedural Philosophy for the Language of Power......Page 233
Memo to Bob Maheu, 1966: Helicopters......Page 236
Malevolence of Microbes......Page 237
Memo, 1961: Backflow of germs......Page 241
Steam Rising Off Me......Page 243
The First and the Last......Page 245
I Could Not Work Out the Sequence of Events......Page 249
The Physical Body......Page 254
Nicagragua, December 23, 1972......Page 255
Memo on memos, 1973......Page 263
Part V......Page 265
Round-the-World Record, 1938......Page 267
No More Sleeps......Page 272
Postscript......Page 281
Some Biographical Details......Page 283
Acknowledgements......Page 287