SPHERE to Eternity

[Michael Perez]

I really don't want to get in the middle of this trench war, but
something that has seemed to go unnoticed is that in the essay in
question Mr. Hollander states that there is not a "one-to-one
correspondence" from Ornette Coleman to McClintic Sphere leaves room
for us to assume that the correspondence from Thelonius Sphere Monk to
McClintic Sphere is not necessarily one-to-one either.  It seems to me
that Mr. Hollander does not mean to imply that the connection is
exclusive.  It is my non-rocket-scientist opinion that this set of
correspondences is, as someone else has posted (I'm sorry I forget who
or I would give credit where it is due), the result of a Pynchonian
composite allusion.  We all can gather that it is very likely that
Pynchon enjoys playing about with anything and everything that goes
into his books.   Mr. Hollander's revelation of "misdirection" is a
valuable part of the ever-growing body of Pynchon scholarship. 
However, some references that can be imagined, like the Geli
Raubel/Geli Tripping one, fail to be significant.

Michael
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