MDMD(2): Deflation and Friendship flip-flop

[Jeremy Osner]

Greg Montalbano wrote:
> 
>it has long been taken for granted (by
> reviewers & a number of scholars) that TRP is "the paranoid's paranoid",
> and assumed that he takes all of these conspiracy theories seriously.  Is
> it not possible that, all this time, what he has really been writing about
> is the overwhelming human need to impose structure on random events, a need
> so compelling that we all willingly assume our roles in whatever "grand,
> master conspiracies" are presented to us? -- and about the absurd lengths
> some will go to, to connect the dots --

Very much in agreement -- however I'm not sure what angle you're taking
on that. To me the point of the conspiracies was that the only way to
"stay sane" and have fun is to "connect the dots". I certainly would
never have thought of Pynchon as "taking himself seriously". 

Jeremy