Transit of Venus (spoiler I guess)

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RICHARD ROMEO wrote:
> 
> sp below
> 
> I am very curious how the Transit of Venus event fits in with the
> theme(s) of M&D, i.e. its signifigance.  My first read through, this
> event seems to be understated, more than I thought it would (maybe I was
> suaded by the Ny Observer pre-review).  I guess what I'm asking is what
> does the TOV portend?  Has anyone come up with deeper connections between
> this cosmological event and what is happening on the earth, to our heroes
> and others?
> 
> Richard Romeo

i think it's a matter of gathering steam for what i take to be a major
theme in m&d: as it is above, so it is below (see my posts about pk
dick's trilogy v m&d (esp learned english dog scene). it's important for
pynchon, imho, to establish a connection between stargazing (mason's
forte) and land surveying (dixon's), both thematically and as a space in
which to develop the characters of m&d thru the lens of history. (i
guess i only sort of meant to be punny there, since i just noticed it in
rereading this).
ray