MDDM Ch. 42 Summary & Notes

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy

I agree that the Polaris of Evil refers both to a significant star (in
Cherrycoke and M&D's time) and to a thermonuclear Inter-Continental
Ballistic Missile (in Pynchon's time). The "First Star" in GR would
never be Polaris, however, but a far brighter object such as Sirius, or
more likely (and this has always been my reading) Venus, the
evening/morning star and Goddess of Love...

Notice that one of our boys "gets some" with the Lady Lepton, and is
quite evidently pleased withal. So much for the non-existent
pseudo-sexual fidelity between Mason and Dixon that surfaced in recent
posts.

Mark

--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:

>       "The edge of evening . . . the long curve of people all wishing
> on
>     the first star. . . . Always remember those men and women along
> the
>     thousands of miles of land and sea. The true moment of shadow is
> the
>     moment in which you see the point of light in the sky. The single
> point,
>     and the Shadow that has just gathered you in its sweep . . . "
>       Always remember.
>       The first star hangs between his feet.
>       *Now--*
>                                                     (_GR_ 759-60)

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