Signifying Nothing WAS [Fwd: pynchon-l-digest V2 #1330]

[Dedalus]

<smacking palm to forehead>  Oops, that's right!  Sorry, I forgot you all were
polishing off Pynchon's masterpiece with all the Eminem and Harry Potter threads
(along with a wayward Steely Dan and Lotion / Sonic Youth thread) to be bothered
with a specific _Vineland_ query.  How could I have been so inconsiderate to the
Elite, eh?  <smirking>  What WAS I thinking . . .   ;)   Thank you for the
input.

Love,

Prof. Dumbledore


David Morris wrote:

> Mr. Dedalus,
>
> What with our near-dead GRGR, you'd better smirk when asking for specific
> _Vineland_ interaction.  ;)
>
> I've heard tell that a virulent spore transfered by the spit of _Peyote
> Incas Chewing Extraodinairy Suculents_ infects all the pages of Vineland.
> Burning a few pages in the desert will release these new 'shrooms to find
> hosts in numerous tasty cacti.  The jackpot is the
> Peyote-Psilo-'Shroom-Zoom!  The flood is gentle, at first, but as it speeds
> up an organic Onerine gene-splice lifts you up to Lyle Bland's level. Then
> "Gentle" rules all experience.  Gentle Earthquakes.  Gentle Barfing. Gentle
> Brain-Bashing.  Distance is a soothing balm.
>
> But the above is reserved knowledge.  Off-Off-List, for the truly
> "Literate."  Consider yourself Elect.
>
> Doctor Morgus (the Magnificent)
>
> >From: Dedalus
> >
> >Actually, a response to my _Vineland_ question would be kinda nice.  : )
> >
> >What are your interpretations of the Dream of the Gentle Flood (256)?
> >Could the Gentle Flood represent the Tube (with Frenesi the dreamer
> >soothingly watching the scene before her, aware of the time-lapse and
> >"wonderful song" throughout)?  Does it represent the American Dream (with
> >it's sense of false security and ultimate loss)? It's such an enigmatic
> >passage, like Melville's "Try-Works" chapter in _Moby-Dick_, that it seems
> >to defy any solid interpretation for this reader (of course, it coulda just
> >been the wine I was drinking). What do you make of it?
> >
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