GRGR(I): Re. So, what's beyond the Zero, anyways?

[David & Jane Morris]

> From: Jeremy Osner <jeremy at xyris.com>
> Subject: GRGR(I): So, what's beyond the Zero, anyways?

Me:
I like this question at this designated point of meditation...

Q!:  Hasn't it been suggested (by ?) that we're now beyond the Zreo in the
text?
A1: It's been posited, but not supported.
Q2:  What's the ZERO?  A2:  It's before BEYOND the zero.

> (1) So... what's "Beyond"? The "Zero"? --Anyways...
>
> It seems to me like Roger and Jessica are so far away from happiness.
> Slothrop often seems happy albeit dopey. Pynchon can seem heavy-handed
> in they way he leads me (without "telling" me) to like or not like his
> characters -- otoh this leads me into a pretty deep level of
> introspection which can be pleasant.

Deep levels of introspeculation, too, even postulation.  But what's this
have to do w/ ... nevermind.

> (2) So what?!! 'S beyond the Zero anyways!
>
> Some scenes in this first book have given me a fairly pure laughter
> response -- there's no arguing with _that_.

Zero, before the beyond...  that's pretty clear...  The beyond is just that,
beyond, not here.  Where's  the zero?  Which side of it are we?  Are we
before or after now?  Is this a round trip?  Wake me when we get there.

> (3) ...
>
> Jeremy
> trying to get beyond the one

One wasn't even part of the question.  Where've you been?

David,
One foot here, the other there,
straddling the Zero.