MDMD(3)--commentary

[Paul Mackin]

Doug Millison wrote:
> 
> Call me a fool, but this passage from M&D, when I first encountered it, and
> what it points to back in GR, suggests that Pynchon comes down firmly on
> the side of a higher power, spirit, God, as the motivating force in the
> universe. 


And I reply: I call no man a fool (except myself at least
once a day) but the Revd's words seem pretty standard
homilietic preacher talk to me.

And Gravity, capitalized or not, is an ordinary concept
in planetary motion.

I don't necessariy deny Pynch's underlying religiosity. Your
guess is as good as mine.

			P.