Inanimate objects

[Dave Monroe]

Let me assure you all, I have absolutely nothing whatsoever to say about
inanimate objects, much less animate ones, FrodeauxB's already pointed that out,
whether they be Vergeltungswaffen or Vaucanson's Duck (and certainly not The Bad
Priest or SHROUD).   Be not afraid, not in the least ...

Thomas Lundvall wrote:

> Reading through V I started thinking about inanimate objects, which are
> frequently on Benny Profane's mind. I haven't had time to pursue this to any
> great extent, but inanimate objects seem to be a recurring theme in several
> of P's books. In V (I have not finished it yet, so can't say much about it),
> in GR, where almost everybody are looking for 00000, searching for the truth
> in the rocket. In M&D we have the mechanic duck, an inanimate object which
> becomes sentient and also (if I'm not mistaken) immortal.
>
> In V, Profane thinks that "inanimate money was to get animate warmth"
> (Vintage p. 214). This, and the development from searching for rockets to
> sentient mechanical ducks, is a something I feel might be worth pursuing.
> Anyone?
>
> Thomas
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