MDMD Golem Meets Frankenfood

Otto o.sell at telda.net
Mon May 6 01:17:20 CDT 2002


----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Millison" <millison at online-journalist.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:01 AM
Subject: MDMD Golem Meets Frankenfood


> "In the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, you see, Jesus as a Boy made
>     small, as you'd say, toy Golems out of Clay,-- Sparrows that flew,
>     Rabbits that hopp'd. Golem fabrication is integral to the Life of
>     Jesus, and thence to Christianity." (486.19-22)
>
> And this somehow makes Pynchon an advocate of "ethical bio-technology"?
> Thanks for clearing that up.
>

No, but that's not what Robert has said; he said this:
"At least, that's what one of the voices in Pynchon's most recent novel
sez."

Of course the Bible tells about biotech in the beginning, who could deny
that, and the Noah-story is the beginning of all  Science fiction.

sez Otto





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