Homer Lost in Timespace

[David Nevin Friedman]

Flatland was written by Edwin Abbott

On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Henry M wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 18:24:41 -0500
> From: Henry M <gravity at dcez.nicom.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Homer Lost in Timespace
> 
> 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)
> > 
> 
> Keep Cool, but care. -- TRP
> http://www.nicom.com/~gravity
> 

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