GRGR(6) - section 8 (#4)

Tue Jul 27 20:58:53 CDT 1999

rj wrote:

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> Christmas 1944 *would* be the sixth Christmas of WWII, wouldn't it, so
> the "six years of slander line" isn't innumerate?
>
> Pynchon just doesn't make those sorts of "mistakes". Not accidentally,
> anyway. (Cf. the 'Intro' to Slow Learner where he talks about the
> temperature he chose for Aubade and Callisto's hermetically-sealed
> eco-environment.)
>
> best

Right! Such a difficult book. We are better to think that Pynchon does not make mistakes and try to figure
out what he is up to. What I believe he is up to will be made clear by my posts on his "TSI."