ATDDTA (8) Hypnadada (214-215)

[David Morris]

That's cool.  And there may be some textual basis for that read.
"Co-consciousness" is a repeated theme in AtD.  On my first read
through the book I just let it flow and don't try to analyze much,
unless some sort of insight just leaps out at me (usally happens when
I'm reading Pynchon stoned).

David Morris

On 5/4/07, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
> It has nothing to do with what's incredulous. It has to do with the
> context and the multiple descriptions in the text of Reef's state of
> consciousness. I believe Webb is stone dead, and Reef is reeling in
> nonordinary consciousness split between above and below, conscious
> and unconscious.
>
> On May 4, 2007, at 9:29 AM, David Morris wrote:
>
> On 5/4/07, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
> > I'm just looking at the whole scene through the eyes of Deuce's
> > 'employer', who very much questions the reality of what is presented
> > as having 'happened' in Jeshimon. In the context of the novel, the
> > question of which level of 'reality' we're in is a constant question.
> >
> > If it is "all real," in this passage, is Webb really a corpse? Really
> > dead?
>
> Yes he's really a corpse with some remaining consciousness and with
> some some sort of ability to communicate (and he seems a bit confused
> too - I'd say he's halfway towards crossing over into the light).  How
> much harder is that to believe than a talking dog?
>
>