col49 2 pt2

[Dave Monroe]

Okay, whilst I'm free associating about anything but
Pynchon, reminds me of Rorschach's comments in The
Watchmen concerning Ozymandias' Egyptian decor ...

"Egyptian decor coloring logic ... Recognize
dog-headed bust.  Anubis, watcher over dead.  Whole
culture death-fixated, obsessively securing their
tombs against intruders ... Didn't like thought of
corpses being interfered with.... Funny ... Ancient
pharaohs looked forward to end of world: Believed
cadavers would rise, reclaim hearts from golden jars. 
Must currently be holding breath with anticipation. 
Understand now why always mistrusted fascination with
relics and dead kings ... In final analysis, it's them
or us." 

http://home.bip.net/rivieran/literature/sandiego.html

Moore, Allan and Dave Gibbons.  Watchmen.
   New York: DC Comics, 1987 [1986-7].
 
Or p. 20 of Issue No. 10, "Two Riders Were Approaching
..." (1986) ...

Bonus link ...

http://www.msu.edu/~whitero2/watchmen.html

Okay, The Crying of Lot 49 ...

--- cj hurtt <cj6 at casco.net> wrote:
> 
> hollander proposes in his "pynchon and the cia"
> essay that chapter two  mirrors parts of the
> egyptian book of the dead. does anyone know of any
> egyptain imagery that p has used that isnt in a
> death related context? i cant right off hand.

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