Animate/Inanimate "V"

[Eric Rosenbloom]

Lisa Stanward wrote:
> I'm new to the list so forgive me any slips in etiquette.  I have just begun
> reading Pynchon and am interested as to whether the theme of
> animate/inanimate which is developed in "V" is continued in P's later
> fiction.  Could anyone throw any light on the significance of the
> animate/inanimate in P's work?

Well, Gravity's Rainbow is about (partly, of course!) the counterforces
of nature against the vanity of human endeavour . . . 

Yours,
Eric R