Pynchon & Beckett

[Otto]

> Robert wrote:
>
> We don't know if Godot rocks up with shovels and pick-axes and medical
> insurance forms for Vlad. and Est. five minutes after the play is
> finished
> either. As a reader/spectator I was left with much the same sense of
> uncertainty and unease afterwards
>

Thomas:
>
> Uncertainty, unease, indeterminacy, yes. But I did not get the impression
> that there was ever going to be any significant change in Vladimir's and
> Estragon's world, neither five minutes nor a hundred years after the
action
> of the play is finished.
>
> Vladimir: Well? Shall we go?
> Estragon: Yes, let's go.
> They do not move.
>
> When we are reading the final sentence of COL49 significant change is
> just a delta-t away. I believe this is an important difference.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>

Is it really "just a delta-t away"(thus, is this difference really so big or
important) or doesn't the last sentence send us back to page 1, as Kai
noted? Or will the revelation be a delta-t away forever?

I think the Arrabal/Chicken reference and the other similarities Robert
pointed to are very convincing.
Furthermore it explains to me why Hermit & Sixfinger from Pelevin's (who's
surely a fan of both Pynchon & Beckett) short story are chicken:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5344/fun/hermit.html

Thanks for the insights & the very good discussion.

Otto