Content analysis of slothrop666. usw.

[Musashi Miyamoto]

Michael -

Where were you when this little party was in full swing? Where were you when
the accusations were flying? Now that there is a dialogue replacing a
unilateral mob, you're ready to move on.

Oops, I'm sorry. No time for the defense.
Move on, folks. Lynching's over.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Baum" <michael.baum at nist.gov>
To: "Pynchon List" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Content analysis of slothrop666. usw.


> Tuesday, October 30, 2001, 1:24:23 PM:
>
> MM> I've searched the archives:
>
> MM> slothrop666 isn't a big jbor or david morris fan, but then again, that
may
> MM> not be an uncommon trait. The style isn't anything like Doug's; the
content
> MM> may overlap, but Doug takes slothrop666 to task on at least one
occasion. Of
> MM> course that could just be Doug being tricky. Is then when I finally
get to
> MM> use Occam's razor?
>
> I don't know if I speak for the sorta silent majority on the Pynchon
> List or not (assuming arguendo that there _is_ one) but I neither know
> nor give a damn if slothrup666 is in reality Mr. Millison or Mr.
> Morris, or Mr. Malign, or Jerome David Salinger (though I kind of lean
> towards the Salinger theory.) I _do_ think the issue is monumentally
> irrelevant and tiresome and wonder if we could just leave it? Get on
> to the conflict of grape v. grain in _Mason & Dixon_ or some such?
>
> maab
>
>