GRGR(3): Borders
JL
trailerman at cableinet.co.uk
Wed Jun 2 14:34:34 CDT 1999
kw:
> ... [s n i p ] I t seems, also, that the tendency of Pointsman,
>Mexico, the Psi Section, etc, to attempt to identify Slothrop with the map
>is an attempt to locate portions of the landscape of his identity (if you
>will) and to establish the borders of his identity (thus the attempts at
>Slothrop/A-4 connections).
>
Interesting. Is the implication then that Bloat would have been better off
aiming his camera at the dis-organized Desk rather than the self-conscious
Map, if the intention was to 'understand' Slothrop? They seem to have
Their own pre/misconceptions, in that case.
JL
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He fell asleep murmuring 'Sanity is not
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