ATDTDA (1): Professor Gibbs (p. 29: 31)

Tore Rye Andersen torerye at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 1 05:24:38 CST 2007


Monte sez:

>with Lombroso you're stuck in the old industrial-tech "more is
>better" model... which can get embarrasssing when it turns out Neanderthal
>brain volume may have averaged *more* than ours.
>
>Think information technology, man! Less is more! Think sleek Nokias, slim
>laptops, omnifunctional iPhones!

You're right of course, and this reminds me of that description of Brock 
Vond in Vineland, with his "sleek and pointed ears, small chin, and slim 
little unbroken nose" (130). Good old Brock Vond: the sleek culmination of 
the human species!

_________________________________________________________________
Opret en personlig blog og del dine billeder på MSN Spaces:  
http://spaces.msn.com/




More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list