Round and Flat/Slothrop and Bianca

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0509&msg=97636&sort=date
for context re: Shirley Temple, and also,
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0509&msg=97630&sort=date for (reference to Duyfhuizen's) alternative chronology suggesting Bianca's older than 11
 these are but 2 of many in September 2005, a good month for Bianca references on the list

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tore Rye Andersen [mailto:torerye at hotmail.com]
> Subject: RE: Round and Flat/Slothrop and Bianca
> 
> >From: kelber at mindspring.com
> >
> >I never thought of this [Slothrop screwing Bianca in GR (or at least 
> >dreaming of doing so)]
> >as a dream or fantasy sequence (such as Pokler having sex with his 
> >daughter). Is this a widely >held view? It's certainly one of the most 
> >disturbing episodes in the book.
> >
> >Laura
> 
.... 
> In the end, though, you can't really be sure whether Slothrop is dreaming or 
> not. It can't positively be 'proven' whether the scene is dreamed or real. 
> The ontology of the scene is blurred, like so much of GR, and in the end, 
> the reader has to decide for him- or herself what to believe. "Let the 
> reader decide, let the reader beware. Good luck." I've decided to at least 
> doubt the reality of Slothrop's sexual encounter with Bianca. The 
> alternative hurts too much....
> 


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