BLAM! it's OverBaby

[Paul Mackin]

The OTHER Jim Wood sez:

When he (P) writes, for instance, "Sins against video time will have to be
radically redefined,"it is difficult not to hear Pynchon's snicker. He is
having us on. Or perhaps not . . .
(p.178)

            P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "wood jim" <jim33wood at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: BLAM! it's OverBaby


> But come on, isn't that kind of extreme, death for
> something as
>            lightweight as Sloth? Sitting there on some
> medieval death row,
>            going, "So, look, no offense, but what'd
> they pop you for
>            anyway?"
>              "Ah, usual story, they came around at the
> wrong time of day, I
>            end up taking out half of some sheriff's
> unit with my two-cubit
>            crossbow, firing three-quarter-inch bolts
> on auto feed. Anger, I
>            guess.... How about you?"
>              "Um, well ... it wasn't anger...."
>              "Ha! Another one of these Sloth cases,
> right?"
>              ". . fact, it wasn't even me."
>              "Never is, slugger -- say, look, it's
> almost time for lunch. You
>            wouldn't happen to be a writer, by any
> chance?"
>
> Filthy machine it gets mixed up in your dreams.
>
> That right ffffffolks don't touch that dial,
> it aint 99 and whatever ...% Puritanical.
> A Fantastic Voyage,
>
> Uncle Junky says, ahhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>
> Is Oed the cure? Or the Fix? Or the middle term? Or
> just another filthy cartoon?
> another TV program we've always been plugged into
>
>
>
>
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