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[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

"John Bailey" <johnbonbailey at hotmail.com> wrote:

>[...]We've got some comical cartoonlike imagery [...] 
>and Mason falling from a disintegrating balcony before deciding to lie in 
>the mud for a while. Now, this image of someone falling and then deciding to 
>stay where they lie for a little seems awfully familiar...that's it! In V., 
>someone (Porpentine?) falls down a set of stairs and then lights up a 
>cigarette whilst lying on the ground.[...]

Also, in GR, p.200, Slothrop, chasing somebody who has stolen his clothes, falls from a tree. "Seems he's, unnhh, wrenched his back a little, but doesn't much feel like moving anyhow." And a whole dialogue ensues, while Slothrop remains lying on the grass. John is right: This whole falling-and-just-lying-there business is definitely an idea picked up from cartoons. It always reminds me of Wile E. Coyote in his ever failing attempts to catch the Road Runner.

Cyrus


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