Homer Lost in Timespace

[Henry M]

A-and how about that Flatland book by Somebody Abbott(?)?

On 29 Oct 96 at 17:11, LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:

> Date:          Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:11:21 -0600 (CST)
> From:          LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
> Subject:       Homer Lost in Timespace
> To:            pynchon-l at waste.org

> 
> Andrew Walser comments:
> "What if we considered the whole thing a version of the allegory of
> the cave in Plato's REPUBLIC?  Homer the philosopher ascends from
> the dimness of two-dimensionality to discover new objects of love .
> . .
> 
> Instead of eternal truths, of course, he finds angel-food breasts
> and pudendal brownies -- but who wants to turn a Simpson into a
> Socrates?"
> 
> The whole thing is summed up in Homer's immortal phrase:
> "Mmmmm.  Erotic cakes!"
> 
> But actually, we'd be advised to recall Homer's regret at being in
> warp of spacetime locus: "If only I'd read that book by that
> wheelchair guy!"
> 
> 
> Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
> 

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