What hooked me on Pynchon...

[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Scott Eric Kaufman writes:
> As for Slothrop being a member of the Preterite, I have my doubts.  I
> think Pynchon intended Slothrop to saddle the fence . . .

Hmm, interesting slip there. I presume you mean straddle. Saddling
would, doubtless, only make it easier for those of us who are still
sitting to remain on our perch.


Andrew Dinn
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How do you know but ev'ry bird that cuts the airy way
Is an immense world of pleasure clos'd by your senses five