Against the Day/Songs

[Chris Broderick]

Which is one of the things that truly appeals to me
about TRP.  At his best, he uses symbolism in a very
complex and even contradictory way.   Symbols in
Pynchon end up being less a metaphor for some specific
grand idea, than a repository for many, often
self-negating ones.  I had the same sense the first
time I read Beckett, but Pynchon has taken it to a
farther extreme.

If someone ever asked me what GR is "about", I would
probably say that it's about the moment in time
delta-t right before the missile of meaning hits your
skull.  Not exactly book-jacket worthy, but whaddaya
gonna do?

-Chris

--- Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Sometimes a missile is ALSO just a missile? Most
> anything in Pynchon is everything you can throw at
> it
> ...
> 
> --- Chris Broderick <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > But I'd argue that missiles in GR are not just
> > symbols of technology, death & destruction. After
> > all, they give Slothrop hard-ons.
> 
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