GRGR(4) Episode 11

[Paul Mackin]

As well as important plot advancement in the episode, I like the
subtext which is "them" women being enjoyed by "us" guys namely Pirate.
(Clive Mossmoon's themness at the highest levels comes into play later in
the book.) Seems to be the theme of a lot of movies lately. Type A movers
and shakers being too busy or otherwise preoccupied to be good husbands.
"Afterglow" comes to mind. Excuse the sexist aspects of this.
						P.

On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, s~Z wrote:

> Scene 11 summary, courtesy of Dr. Larry Daw at:
> http://www.rpg.net/quail/libyrinth/pynchon/pynchon.grsumm.html
> 
> 
> Pirate must decode a message from a V-2 rocket about getting Katje
> Borgesius out of Holland. He is given a fetish-picture of a woman who is
> a dead ringer for Scorpia Mossmoon,
> wearing exactly the corselette of Belgian lace, the dark stockings and
> shoes he daydreamed about often enough, but never -- Ejaculating on the
> message, he sees words through the nacreous film of his seed. He has
> activated "Kryptosam," a proprietary form of stabilized tyrosine
> developed by IG Farben as part of a research contract with OKW. Its use
> requires a through knowledge of the addressee's psychosexual profile.
>