GRGR(18): notes on the third episode

[Jeremy Osner]

You may notice I have not posted any notes for the second episode, the
one in which Tchitcherine and Dzabajev smoke some of Slothrop's hash --
not because I didn't like the episode or found it insignificant; I just
couldn't find anything to comment on. All the meaning in the episode
seemed pretty much apparent; what you see is what you get.

p. 392 "a million cells-at-large": This description of Slothrop's fat
cells reminded me of the parable earlier on involving skin cells.

 p. 393 "It's a movie set": I thought this comment might work on a
couple of levels, like 1. It's a straight-on description of where
Slothrop is. 2. It's Slothrop's conscious thought, showing how he is
(with reason) distrustful of the reality around him. 3. It's an
authorial poke at the reader, on the order of "Pay no attention to the
man behind the curtain." Und so weiter...

 p. 394 "I never seemed to *move*... I always had to be chased": This
brought to mind the stolid, "incorrigibly lazy" character of Eula Varner

Snopes, in Faulkner's *The Hamlet*; it might be interesting to see
whether there was any correspondence between the characters. I have not
done so.

 p. 394 Herrenchiemsee: see
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/4080/herrtour.htm for a virtual
tour of the palace. It's on geocities, but the page author seems to have

outwitted the annoying geocities popup window.

 p. 394 Ludwig II, Frederick the Great:
http://www3.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/5011/famegerm.html has brief
biographical information on both monarchs.

 p. 394 orthochromatic: film stock that can safely be handled under a
red light; as opposed to panchromatic or chromogenic. Presumably this
would be less apt to preserve "warmth" because it doesn't capture red?
(help!)

 p. 394 "Das Wütend Reich" (I believe this ought to be "Das Wütende
Reich"): wütend means "angry" -- the phrase sounds quite familiar. Does
anyone know if it has been used as a book/ movie/ opera title?

 p. 395 "*this one?*": I think this is Slothrop's voice; I'm not sure
what prompts the question, or its urgency.

--
Mortals are immortals, and
immortals are mortals, the one
living the other's death and
dying the other's life.

Heraclitus, quoted by Bertrand Russell
http://www.readin.com/books/westernphilosophy/