Gravity's Rainbow

[Dave Monroe]

Frank Norris, "a progressive knotting into," the
Godless Red Menace, conspiracy theories in general,
but I thought this was a particularly promising
observation ...

"I had a thought or two about Octopus Grigori in
relation to the Octuple Gloucester: both of them are
giants, both eight-fold. ('OG': same initials too!)
Each one plays the role of a sort of *deus ex machina*
in Pynchon's narratives: the outlandish lynch-pin of a
seemingly bizarre coincidence which gets the unlikely
heroine and her even unlikelier hero together, for a
time at least ... but, in both instances there has
been double-dealing and double-double dealing behind
the rendezvous. In _GR_, unbeknownst to Slothrop,
Grigori has been conditioned, and Katje is working
(though not wholly committed to the project) for
Pointy and co. In _M&D_ it's not really anything to do
with the runaway '*Cheese malevolent*' per se, but
Rebekah's presence on the hillside certainly seems to
be the result of some perifidious scheme master-minded
by old Sam Peach."

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0112&msg=63506&sort=date

--- JBFRAME at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 03/30/2002 7:25:21 AM Pacific
> Standard Time, quodlibet at surrealestate.com writes:
> 
> > Does anyone have any ideas on the significance of
> > the 'trained' octopus on the beach in France in
> > Gravity's Rainbow.
> 
> Another Thought:  Could the Octopus be the
> Comintern?  Still hunting for symbols & archetypes
> -- less dangerous than alligators....

Which reminds me, Mason & Dixon.  Just need access
time and a functional right wrist ...

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