A-and

[Byron The Bulb]

This discussion came right in the middle of my attempt
to wrap up the GR section of a chapter of my dissertation
in which I am attempting to to show how Pynchon uses
informational entropy.  So first off - let me thank
everyone for scuttling any hope I had of an easy wrap
up here.  

I'm drawn into just about everyone's camp here, because to me,
that's the point.  Every time I think of Tony Tanner's
interpretation of "The world is all that the case is"
as receiving the message that there is no message, I cringe
a little.  To me, the messge is that understanding anything
begins by accounting for everything.  That we have found so
much space between the "a" and the "and" only reflects the amount
of space Pynchon is always showing us between the zero 
and the one.

That said, I also find I'm favoring the comic-bookish language
reading of the phrase, if only because it throws the Plasticman image
into the argument, which, of course, comments on the elasticity
of language.  

And in terms of casting - the doubling of Peter Sellers as Blicero
and Pointsman would put a nice spin on their uses of Katje. 
I think also think Sharon Stone would fit that role nicely.

David Pelovitz - PELOVTZD at Acfcluster.nyu.edu
"Messages tonight, borne on the lights of Berlin...
 Neon, incandescent, stellar... messages weave into
 a net of information that no one can escape"
          Thomas Pynchon