Getting GR

[ethan at magicnet.net]

Richard Romeo writes-
>Just think if one could take the whole text and spread it out like a map
>in a war room where every component, nuiance, nusiance, the very light
>breath of rumor and whimsy, I mean the whole enchilata is laid out before
>you like Moses before the Lord (forgive the metaphor)-wouldn't the genius
>of Pynchon be shown in the gaps that are revealed in that they are so
>strategically situated as to compel interpretation despite having the
>face of God right up there hovering above you.  What if...ah the fruits
>of  twenty-something hallucinogens...
>
While I would love to see such a "map" to aid in understanding Gravity's
Rainbow, I think this would take away from my enjoyment of the novel.  The
feeling of joy/amazement/hapiness/awe/fear that I felt after reading GR for
the second time and actually "understanding" it was a feeling that I would
not soon forgoe.  Not to mention the sense of accomplishment at having
unlocked such a beast.
                                                Ethan