GRGR(30): You will want cause and effect.

[Jeremy Osner]

To my ear a beautiful opening sentence; again Pynchon is playing with
the line separating me from the book, bringing me in as a character or
at least as an acknowledged audience. And yes, I *was* hoping for a
little C&E, wondering how all the characters I had become so attached to
were doing; so reading this sentence was a minor satori (I think is what
they call it, over there in that Japan), brought me a little deeper into
total identification with the Book.

--
"To see the light of the world", as a description
of the process of birth, we hear from the mouths
of those who believe themselves already to be
standing in the light of the world, triumphant.

Coming out of the Cave
http://www.readin.com/books/hohlenausgange