Deflating Hyperspace

[Daniel Harper]

On Saturday 31 March 2007 20:35, you wrote:
> >I don't have time to do a full-on discussion here (it is a Saturday night,
> >after all), but if there was one piece of advice I could give to beginning
> >to
> >understand the science Pynchon uses it is: read Asimov, read Asimov, read
> >Asimov.
>
> I've started Penrose's behemothic 'The Road to Reality' which treats most
> of AtD's science subjects and much more, but I cannot advise it unless
> you've studied college level maths (which I haven't, so I'm reading it
> ill-advisedly). Paradoxically enough I am quite hooked on this book, so I
> continue to slog on at a snail's pace and sometimes I do have that Eurika
> moment.
>

I've heard Nice Things about that book, and may very well check it out 
sometime. I've been more into light reading lately, though, to offset some of 
the Pynchon.

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