Magical in Pynchon: Starting with V.?

[David Morris]

Thrice's "Vheissu" on last FM:

http://www.last.fm/music/Thrice/Vheissu

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:58 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are numerous sections in V that are contrary to "realism," but I
> don't think these are necessarily "magic."  Like:
>
> - the fantasy place of Vheissu (see this cool album cover for the band
> Thrice designed by Dave Eggers:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:News_album.gif  )
> - the iridescent Vheissu monkey under the arctic ice.
> - The talking crash-test dummies and the teeth
> - The spherics messages
> - The waterspout that swallows Stencil's father.
> - The rat congregation you mention
> - The evolving identities of V (as well as Paola - the anti or
> uncorrupted V counterpart)
>
> David Morris
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Ian Whitney <stickwhitney at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> What moments in V. are magical?  I include Eigenvalue's talking teeth which
>> Profane and Stencil steal from the dentist.  Veronica the rat and the rest
>> of the rat congregation that is found in the sewers of New York.  How about
>> the spirit in Xaghriet Mewijja, I don't recall her name? What else?
>>
>> Should I start with Vineland?  Is that the topic du jour?
>