GRGR(6) - Ep. 15 Reader Dissonance.

[Lars Frehse]

Sorry,
I meant "extinct", but was dead-tired. I wonder if this was some kind of
Freudian misspelling?

Lars

David &/or Jane schrieb:

> >Lars Frehse:
> >Two possible interpretations of "beyond the zero":
> >
> >A: Zero is nothing is death. So beyond the zero means
> >beyond death. (The Wernher von Braun quote supports
> >this theory, I guess.)
>
> So does all sorts of other text.  The zero is a threshold, a point of
> transition.  Death is definitely one of them.  Birth too.
>
> >B: Zero change in response to a changing stimulus equals
> >the "equivalent" phase.  A-and beyond that comes the
> >paradoxical phase. ( Though I accept, that this may be
> >a little far-fetched...)
>
> Not at all farfetched.  This is also a basic meaning of "beyond the zero"
> in the text.
>
> >J.A. also wrote:" He doesn't cotton on to the bomb/sex thing,
> >and I can't sympathize with any chick who would think Slothrop
> >is hot enough to sleep with, because there isn't much substance
> >to his character. Are people being paid to sleep with him?"
> >
> >If women would only sleep with guys with substance to their
> >character, mankind would be distinct by now.
>
> This last line is really funny:  "distinct" or maybe "extinct?"  Funny!
>
> As for Jill,
> Can't you appreciate the beauty of the poetry in some of the text?  A-and
> some of it is outrageously hilarious.  And the surrealism!  You really
> don't have to "understand" it all.  It can be a little frustrating to not
> "get" some of the passages, or even major themes, but if you just try to be
> a little patient it might prove to be worth it after all.  Or maybe not.
> David