Deflating Hyperspace

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Yes, Yes, Yes!!!!

It is, at the subatomic level of the various actions of light itself, that the 
various and sundry weird behaviours noted in Against the Day would be 
commonplace. "Against the Day: 

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It's as if we are looking into the Sun :"Soon they will se the pressure-guage 
begin to fall. They will feel the turn in the wind. They will put on smoked 
goggles for the glory of what is coming to part the sky. They fly toward grace."

Though the chance of Icarus' fall seems high,their goal---still---is to fly 
towards the light.

On Apr 2, 2007, at 2:00 AM, Joseph T wrote:

Yes !  Light may be the hero of this book.

On Apr 1, 2007, at 5:40 PM, Basileios Drolias wrote:

hello,
 
i ve actually talked about this point here 
http://againsttheday.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/missing-the-point/ so I might as 
well repeat my humble opinion.
 
I find it absolutely brilliant that Pynchon does not talk about the theory of relativity. Instead of focusing on the details of the actual theory he talks 
about light. light was the main physical element that suffered a change in 
character by the theory of relativity. From a simple element 'like all the 
others' it was transformed into the measure of all things in the universe (and 
not just as the maximum velocity anybody can reach) . The fact that Pynchon has 
grasped this fine detail in the paradigm shift and has focused the whole book 
round the main element of change shows an incredibly deep understanding of the 
core essence of both relativity but of the science changes at the time.
 
In other words relativity is not really absent from AtD but is a central element 
of the book structure and story.
 
At least thats the way I see it.
 
Basileios