Esther's rhinoplasty

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

On Sun, 23 Jun 1996 LOT64 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 96-06-22 15:10:10 EDT, Paul Murphy writes:
> 
> >I don't think so ... like (arguably) everyone else in the Whole Sick 
> >Crew, whatever transformative/redemptive energy or impetus she may once 
> >have had has dissipated, become inert, inanimate (?), well before the 
> >novel's chronology opens.
> 
> Good point.  In other words, the Whole Sick Crew is an organism exhibiting
> signs of entropy.  And the problem with entropy is that when it happens to a
> person its a move in the direction of the inanimate (and towards the side of
> the Bad Guys/Them).  Please excuse me if I am misapplying the actual
> scientific notion of entropy, I don;t know if it can properly be applied to a
> living organism.
> 
> Ron Churgin
> 
> 
There may be no need for apologies.  Recall the intro to SLOW LEARNER,
where Pynchon acknowledges that he played a bit loosely with the concept.