GRGR(14) 305.10 : ' ROCKET LIMERICKS '

[Doug Millison]

An excellent summation of Pynchon's great theme, IMHO.
Thanks,
Doug

Terrance:
>For LOVE.
>
>The rocket is a substitute for Love, for return, for
>salvation, for redemption, for spontaneous, serendipitous
>discovery of the endless cycle of love and life. The rocket
>is systematic destruction, Its parabola structures "that
>shape of no surprise, no second chance, no return." "Its
>dumbness, its dead weight, its obstinate and palpable
>mystery," is a false promise of power. The rocket is a
>pornography, another plastic imitation. It breeds not love,
>but paranoia. Paranoia, like Love is concerned with going
>beyond the invisible, but paranoia is the exact antithesis
>of Love in a world where opposites are unclear and the risk
>of associating with anything on any side is great. So most
>relationships here under the rockets spell are not based on
>Love, but on exploitation, shallowness, cynicism,
>information exchange. The treatment, the perception, that
>humans are parts, replacement parts, rather than unique
>beings militates against individuation through Love.


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