Pynchon mention

[David Morris]

The sinister or nightmarish characterization of GR is in the eye of the 
beholder.  "Paranioa" must accept the nightmare's possibility.  But Slothrop 
can hardly be called "sinister."

DM

>From: CyrusGeo at netscape.net
>
>MalignD at aol.com wrote:
>
> ><<and Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" (1973), which depicted a
> >nightmarish world in love with death and torn between acute paranoia and
> >fears of random chaos. [...]>>
> >
> >Michiko Kakutani once, referring to GR, described Slothrop as "sinister,"
> >suggesting to me that she's never read the book.
>
>Moreover, there is nothing nightmarish about the world of GR. Unless of 
>course one sees the real world as a nightmare too ... but, then, that would 
>be another story... Aaah, those pret-a-porter phrases de la critique...

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