Atdtda23: [46.1i] A passionate heart, 653

[David Morris]

The quality that rocks possess that makes them "living" is their
longevity, their relative permanence in comparison to our fleeting
lives.  The object/visitor of the Vormance Expedition sat in place,
undisturbed, for eons, probably even before the advent of humans on
the earth.  This meme isn't new.  It was very explicit in Kubric's
2001, only there the object was more benevolent.

David Morris

On Dec 14, 2007 7:43 AM, Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...and in Gravity's Rainbow, "sentient rocksters"
>
> like Wordsworth, maybe OBA hears sermons in stone and perceives good in every thing
>
>
> On 12/13/07, Paul Nightingale <isread at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > Or the fate of the Vormance Expedition, eg on 149:
> >
> > "It deceived us into classifying it as a meteorite, you see ..."
> >
> > "The object?"
> >
> > "The visitor."
> >
> > "Your whole Expedition got hypnotised by a rock? That what you're asking us to believe?"