GRGR23(1) - W-what happened? Anything at all?

Terrance Flaherty Lycidas at worldnet.att.net
Fri Apr 7 12:52:05 CDT 2000


   The System won away from Nature, beyond life and
> death – perhaps  that We Must Fight, it’s something that Katje,
> Slothrop, every one of the characters does every time they wake
> up in the morning and behave with a sense of purpose.  

True, this System is not something that only They practice,
but the question GR poses, is not about escaping the system
or fighting the system or practicing the system, but about
synthesis and control, freedom and identity.



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