Personal Paranoia

[Henry M]

There is a certain excitement in experiencing a great work of art 
that displays an intimate understanding of a theme in your life. Take 
for instance the "maybe everyone else is a robot" "zen koan". If you 
haven't been there, then it's just a thought; if you have, it's a 
world. TRP is really about individuals, and paranoia, next to autism, 
is about as individual as you get.

On 29 Jan 97 at 8:51, Tom Stanton wrote:

> Henry M wrote:
> > 
> > [snip!]... I would expect P-readers to have a greater incidence of
> > paranoia than the general population, let alone that P-readers, in
> > particular GR-readers, are attracted to this work that is so
> > famous for it.
> 
> Paranoia, like pornography, is one of many devices TRP uses.
> I don't think there's a subtext that paranoids "get" any better than
> any other reader. Nor is there a porno subtext, u.s.b.
> 

My mother was of the sky... -- JL
My mother is the war...
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner
Not having that, which having... :-(

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