[Fwd: Re: Finished GR today]

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Eckshully, I found found the ending somewhat inspirational...  In these 
days of darkest paranoia... Homeland Security and the Green Scare...  
not to mention those old chestnuts the WTO. NAFTA,  G7, and the 
Bildenberg group it helps to  remember the /*COUNTERFORCE */and the 
dialog between Pirate Prentice, Roger Mexico, and Osbie Feel on page 638 
~ 639 of GR (Penguin Edition)....
[
 {Pirate}  Creative paranoia means developing at least as thorough a 
We-System as a They-system
                                        ****
 {Roger}  If this is a "We-System"  why isn't it at least thoughtful 
enough to interlock in a reasonable way, like the "They-Systems" do?
                                        ****
{Osbie} "That's exactly it", Osbie Screams, belly-dancing Porky into a 
wide alarming grin/, "They're  /the rational ones.  We piss on Their 
rational arrangements"
     ]                                             
 

BTW:  You can substitute "Anarchy/Anarchist" for "Paranoia/Paranoids" in 
sections of GR and it makes for interesting reading/speculations.  
Especially considering that a lot of the second generation Anarchist  
writings came immediately before and just after the publication of GR.

                                                                May the 
Counterforce be with you


>> Oh, I got to experience some part of the Cold War too. And I agree 
>> that the
>> ending was what it should have been, all things considered. In fact, 
>> it is
>> brilliant.
>>
>> On 04/08/06, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't see the ending as a downer, so much as an accurate description of
>>> what it felt like to be alive during the Cold War (these days, fear of
>>> planes crashing into buildings or suitcase bombs going off in 
>>> subways are a
>>> comparatively pleasant diversion from fear of The Big One).
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> >From: Carlos Ferrão <carlosferrao at gmail.com>
>>> >Sent: Aug 4, 2006 6:06 AM
>>> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> >Subject: Finished GR today
>>> >
>>> >Yeps, first time reading it, finished it today. What a downer of an
>>> ending!
>>> >By the way, did I miss something or the Schwarzkommando plot went
>>> >unresolved? By the way, I LOVED it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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