pynchon-l-digest V2 #1001

[Tom Dunn]

>

Eau Clare,
Up until this last post, I was about to write and congratulate you for having a
righteous take on TP, but this one let me down big time.  Must be that post MDMA
depression, eh?  Take it from one who's crazy,  I  am,
ripper56

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> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 04:54:42 GMT
> From: "Clare Kennedy" <kennedy_clare at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: GRGR Continues
>
> well you could post your thoughts on gr instead of attacking a somewhat
> unrelated topic.
>
> What's going on with Slothrop in this discussion? Can we discuss him?
>
> Slap me in private, I just don't think Pynchon's reputation is helped any by
> quoting his blurbs on drugs. Not when we have his real work to contend with.
> Great art has been lost by such comments and Gravity's Rainbow is a marvel I
> would like more people to read and respect.
>
> "Signs," the book says, Slothrop will find "Signs
here in the Zone, and
> ancestors will reassert themselves." What ancestors reassert themselves here
> in the Zone? What are the signs? Someone asked about "Schwarz" (gerat,
> kommando). Is Slothrop a "Schwarz" of some sort? Who are Slothrop's parents?
> Does he have more than one? Does he have two moms and two dads or more? How
> about his old man? Is Jamf his old man? Is Lyle his uncle? Is Enzian his
> brother? What are the signs? If Enzien is Slothrop's brother, what about
> Hogan Slothrop? If Slothrop is Enzien's  brother what about Blicero? Is
> Blicero Slothrop's father,