Eco's Book of Lies

[pynchonoid]

Thanks for passing that along, Dave.  (It's worth
mentioning, perhaps, for the newcomers, that Dave
Monroe was for a _long_ time accused of being Doug
Millison under another name -- which turned out to be
false, as have all of the rest of the hysterical,
paranoid allegations about me here on
Terrance/Morris-L.)

If you haven't read it, you might consider adding _The
History of the Siege of Lisbon_ by Nobel Prize winner
Jose Saramago to your must-read list -- about a
translator who alters history by changing things in
the translation.  The novel presents a beautiful love
story, too.  Also in that vein, a novel I read and
recommended here a couple of years ago, _A Heart So
White_ by the Spanish author, Javier Matias, about a
translator for top-level diplomats, who makes things
happen by changing things as he translates, also a
wonderful love story therein.

Has anybody read this novel, among the National Book
Award finalists -- _ Big If_ by Mark Costello?  
List of NBA finalists:
http://publishersweekly.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA252852&display=breakingNews



And, a few tid-bits related to some current P-list
threads, in response to the many P-listers who have
contacted me offlist to ask for more urls of articles
as I read stuff on the Web (press DELETE now, Terrance
and anybody else who doesn't want any recommendations,
I know you can find stuff on your own, thanks):


http://www.washtimes.com/world/20021017-99885084.htm
"Half of Iraq's military equipment lacks spare parts,
and its armed forces are operating at only 50 percent
effectiveness, the International Institute for
Strategic Studies estimates in its annual survey of
world armed forces. The Institute's Washington
director has also said a military invasion of Baghdad
itself may not be necessary to topple Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein. [...]"


Bandwraith had it right, it seems:

http://www.iht.com/articles/73960.html
"American policymakers awash in fantasy"
"[...] Today there is as yet no incontrovertible fact
that justifies war against Iraq. That is why there is
such a controversy."



http://www.theonion.com/onion3838/bush_on_economy.html
"Bush on Economy:  'Saddam Must Be Overthrown' "



... but here's the real Headline of the Day:


http://www.counterpunch.org/sager1017.html
"You Don't Have to Drop No More Hints:
I Can Tell You Want Us to Bomb You"

"[...] Iraq, according to Burns, teems with enthusiasm
for Saddam Hussein, but underneath it all, the people
are aching for a regime change.  [...]  Burns' article
is not about a fair election: it is about personally
interpreting the signs of Iraqi dissidence. And,
according to his interpretation, the Iraqi people are
asking for it. [...] Burns' logic mirrors that of a
dumbfounded sex offender-- 'Look, she said no, but I
could tell she really wanted it by the way she looked
at me.' [...] "


...new English translation of Proust's _A la recherche
du temps perdu_, reviewed:
http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2002/10/13/bopro213.xml&sSheet=/arts/2002/10/13/botop.html



...re a perennial Pynchon and Pynchon-L theme:
http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/edis_22_4.htm
"The human brain is not at its best when it confronts
random, merely accidental facts. We perceive a face on
Mars or see Jesus in a burnt tortilla. We believe
basketball players get a "hot hand" even though
streaks of success are a normal part of shooting their
usual overall percentage. If disaster strikes us, we
wonder if there was some cosmic reason we were singled
out. [...]"



...a sobering headline at http://www.Debka.com/, that
makes another Bush adventure in Iraq seem even more
absurd:
"American Authorities Begin Questioning al Qaeda 
Detainees on Washington Sniper"




http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/17/1034561264479.html
"The audience knew it was coming, but when the lights
opened on Act II of La Boheme in San Francisco this
week to reveal Catherine Martin's stage design in all
its intricate glory, they knew they were in
much-missed Bazland and responded with resounding
approval. t's been only a year since Moulin Rouge left
cinema-goers longing for bohemian love, but clearly
Baz Luhrmann's fans have been hungry for his Parisian
vision. And now they've got it again in his reprised
production of La Boheme, which opened in Sydney more
than a decade ago. [...]" 


Finally, something from Australia that makes sense on
Pynchon-L....























  	







 





re Eco's new novel
--- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> in a great history little truths
> can be altered so that the greater truth emerges."



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