The purpose of fiction, 822-826

[Mark Kohut]

It would fascinate me to have you expound further on the terrific phrase,
"literary equivalent of the anthropic principle"...

(I've looked it up....waiting for connection)


--- On Mon, 10/6/08, bandwraith at aol.com <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> From: bandwraith at aol.com <bandwraith at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: The purpose of fiction, 822-826
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 7:59 AM
> (One of) The (main) purpose(s) of fiction, 822-826?
> 
> Well, you know what they say about denial- it's just a
> river.
> 
> I did note, and not without some self-reflection, that
> Bevis,
> after his disappearance from "the mission," turns
> up again,
> having encountered his own "special and private"
> ultraviolet
> catastrophe- none the worse for the wear, I might add.
> 
> It's enough to make one think that p has been
> eavesdropping
> on the effects of his own creation(s). Sort of the literary
> equivalent of the anthropic principle (there I go again).
> One of the biggest effects being the irresistible urge to
> decrypt it, only to find reflection.
> 
> Maybe just another purpose of fiction?
> 
> 
>   Ostensibly, the scene shifts to a discussion of "the
> world's
>   most enigmatic river"
> 
> Thanks, Paul