IV Romancing the Officeplace

[Richard Fiero]

John Bailey wrote:
>Why Ghidrah? Despite the abundance of film and tv references in P's
>stuff, IV sees him returning to Godzilla movies several times (which
>have already been referred to in earlier novels). Same with Star Trek
>- gags thereupon in the last three books. That's too many jokes about
>the one show for my taste. Does it suggest lazy recycling or something
>more vital about these texts? For my money, it just suggests that
>Pynchon is a big old geek at heart.
>
>Not that there's anything wrong with that.
>
>On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Michael B. writes:
> >
> > "the part of her that I suggested exists, the romantic streak that
> > (due to workplace ambitions and sisterly obligations to the
> > feminist cause) no longer completely controls her actions,
> > probably finds this attempt - and the failure - a bit touching."
> >
> > and TRP has her cry over a romantic movie (or two). Right on.

I wonder. That's the kind of crap your mom watched, ini't?
Or my mom.
God fucking forbid.