Stop Making Sense

[Keith]

Exactly. The tub episode has always been a case in point (one among  
many) for me. Pynchon criticism is as interesting for what it omits  
as for what it highlights. To make sense of Pynchon one has to do a  
hell of a lot of omitting. That's why I balked at the idea presented  
here a few weeks back of taking Pynchon at his word. Which word? Even  
the Devil can quote Pynchon. If he ever gave an interview I'd be more  
interested in hearing about all the absurd shit in his work than  
knowing his position on 9/11.

On Apr 22, 2007, at 9:04 PM, Richard Fiero wrote:

Well, Mason struggling under the weight of a bathtub and hearing  
Dixon cavort comes to mind.
Some whole disciplines seem built on metaphors lifted from popular  
physics or better, the physics of a century prior.