GR P1 S1: "The Evacuation still proceeds..."

[John Carvill]

> yes, but those are YOUR thoughts ...

There's no need to be rude. Yes those are MY thoughts, that is what I was saying. But I was trying to raise a wider point about how we as readers can know when we're barking up the wrong tree.

Aw, fuck it.....


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From: Erik T. Burns [mailto:erik.burns at dowjones.com] 
Sent: 26 October 2005 10:17
To: John Carvill; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: GR P1 S1: "The Evacuation still proceeds..."

john wrote:
 
>I see him standing in a wooden outhouse, and of course this might well be just me, but I picture a parabola of piss, and I wonder about arcs, >archways, rainbows, etc.
 
yes, but those are YOUR thoughts ... Pirate has none in his head, whereas The Evacuation yields many thoughts (or at least dreams/visions).
 
>*Is* it Pynchon's intention to load that word with multiple meanings here?
 
Dunno. I'm not, er, privy to TRP's thinking.
 
etb

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