"Real Subversive Lit."?

Chris V. Blanc cblanc at kaa.pomona.edu
Wed Feb 22 18:21:41 CST 1995


> Second, an answer/s.  "Vheissu," very close to the German "Wie heisse 
> du?" means "How are you called?"  In idomatic German, this is "what's 
> your name?"  But in idiomatic English, it is "HOW are you 
> called?"--something like "how do I get in touch with you?"  
> OR "how can I address you?"

	or, given the signal/noise interpretations of pynchon, this could be
asking: how can i address this data/what is the signal?  how is it called?  i
think there's a lot of truth to the invocation theory as well, which is a 
similar construct in an environment as pantheistic as the environment a 
humanist and data theorist like pynchon must live in.

- sven





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