Prosthetic Paradise

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

davemarc wrote:
> 
> Doesn't Pynchon's literature raise issues concerning what he sees as an
> inevitable merging of humanity and technology.  What he played with in
> V.--with, say, the prosthetics and dummies--he has returned to in his
> essays. Isn't the Luddite essay the one that ends with the forecast about
> the fusion of computer technology with human molecular biology, with
> mentions of Frankenstein along the way?  He sees this as pretty much a fait
> accompli, as far as I can tell.
> 
> d.

Yes, yes, yes. The warning (SHOCK and SHROUD) that Benny
Profane stumbles onto in V., is given apocalyptic presence
first in "TSI" and fully developed in GR. The warning at the
end of the Luddite essay is developed and presented in the
mechanical duck of M&D.