Pynchon/Roth/Bellow/Updike on the 1960s

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<<I'm not sure what you mean by "Pynchon embedding his vision of lost 
humanity."  I've never thought of Slothrops fading away in GR as 
negative per se.  Slothop becomes Mr. Natural, naked and bearded, and 
he becomes the cross, a mandala.   In essence Slothrop achieves 
nirvana, transcendence, and he literally becomes spread across the 
Universe.  It's a happy ending for him.  The sadness is that those 
around him lose sight of him, and forget him.

At least that's one take on it.>>

Not mine.  I think he turns into Imipolex G.


-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
Cc: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>; pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:26 am
Subject: Re: Pynchon/Roth/Bellow/Updike on the 1960s






I'm not sure what you mean by "Pynchon embedding his vision of lost
humanity."  I've never thought of Slothrops fading away in GR as
negative per se.  Slothop becomes Mr. Natural, naked and bearded, and
he becomes the cross, a mandala.   In essence Slothrop achieves
nirvana, transcendence, and he literally becomes spread across the
Universe.  It's a happy ending for him.  The sadness is that those
around him lose sight of him, and forget him.

At least that's one take on it.

David Morris

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> Later thots: Slothrop 'disappears' in GR,=2
0as we know.....Pynchon 
embedding his
vision of lost humanity right there?  What a brilliant way to say 
Realistic
Roundness is no longer the modern point?