Pynchon's "knewspeak"

prozak at anus.com prozak at anus.com
Thu Feb 20 10:52:15 CST 2003


> > It's interesting too that Brownlie tries to bring Nietzsche into the mix.
> But, like so many before him, he can find no evidence that Pynchon has read
> Nietzsche. 
> 
> But one very important character, Blicero, seems to suggest Nietzche's
> superman, wouldn't you say?

Pynchon seems to be familiar with barebones Nietzschean topics. I 
think there's something significant to the idea of the superman 
appearing in Pynchon's work.

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