Just finished GR....

[barbara100 at jps.net]

That's funny, I was disappointed all the way up until the end.  I mean, it
didn't all come streaming logically together or anything, but who cares.  He
stuffed a man dressed in white bridal lace into a rubberized rocket cavity
and lit him off to the north.  How's that for illustrating the perversity of
war, eh?  Made quite an impression on me.  After that who cares what
happened to Slothrop.
I did wonder too what the Schwartzkommando were gonna do with their rocket,
though. But hey, there's plenty of rockets around the world nobody uses.  We
just keep them and stockpile them and pray to them like Power gods too. See
how well the Empires teach their colonial subjects?  Like perverted father,
like perverted son.



----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Wheeler <andrew_remote at hotmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 12:39 AM
Subject: Just finished GR....


> Well, I just finished GR today, and, I must admit, it was kindof a
> letdown.  I felt ripped off (Ripov?) by the ending: in particular, from
> Slothrop's disintegration, and the "payload" of Rocket 00000.  Anyone
> care to shed some light/discuss these two topics?  I'm going to do some
> more online research, like reading some of the pynchon-l archives, but
> it's always nice to discuss this sort of thing, first-hand...
>
> Oh, and what about the Schwartzcommando's (sp?) Rocket 00001?  What were
> they doing with it?  What became of it?
>
> Just my ponderings...  Regardless, I'm glad that I have read the book -
> and am certain I'll be more happy w/ the text as I further mull it
> over...
>
> -andrew