ATD: unanswered questions #2-3

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Bekah:

"You think these metaphorical lines (of history, of fate,
of science and love triangles) can be singled up?"

Dunno, but I wouldn't want to fall into the trap of
insisting that it was impossible. I think that all of Mr.
P's novels have, if not dared, than at least threatened,
to collapse into the framework of some "over-arching"
metaphor(s)- perhaps along those axes- which may be in
competition with each other for the position of narrative
keystone.

I usually gravitate toward the scientific metaphors,
that being the area where I might br a little less ignorant,
although not by much. But along that, uh, vector of
interpretation, the question that begs for some
attention, is: What is the underlying scientific metaphor
of ATD? And, how is it threaded into the narrative?

The scientific perspective iteself, as a worldview, has
probably been in play in all the novels, but the "particular"
scientific metaphor has differed with each:

V. -I would argue, Molecular Biology
The Crying of Lot 49 -Thermodynamics, Information Theory
Gravity's Rainbow -General Relativity
Vineland -Complex Systems, Chaos Theory
M&D -Quantum Mechanics
ATD -?