ATD SPOILER p 262-269

[pynchonoid]

--- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

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> > Sheer speculation (perhaps dangerous in this
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> > but I wonder if Pynchon's niece had any influence
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> > these passages with Lake, Deuce, Sloat.
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> > Reminds me of Frenesi and Brock in Vineland, but
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> What I wonder, in revolving over the four corners in
> four corners, is  this sequence related, in any way
> to the occult overtones of the Brigidier Pudding sex
> scene, and Geli Tripping's A. E. Waite spell/orgasm
> in GR? Some how, the summonimg of directions
> comes to mind. There is an even freakier scene
> later on in the book with similar resonances.


I don't doubt that Pynchon has layered all kinds of
stuff on this scene, and would follow the path you
indicate, among others.




 
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