Pynchon/Roth/Bellow/Updike on the 1960s

[malignd at aol.com]

If Slothrop's a Fool card, he must have fallen off a cliff. 

Pynchon certainly mixes to a heady degree the superstitious and the 
scientific, but I think the physical deterioration of Slothrop is 
explainable -- if at all -- scientifically.  If Pynchon intends his 
disappearance to be explained by reference to his tarot -- he fell off 
a cliff? -- then the novel is weakened one notch in my opinion (need I 
add?).


-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 5:24 pm
Subject: Re: Pynchon/Roth/Bellow/Updike on the 1960s






On Feb 26, 2009, at 2:18 PM, malignd at aol.com wrote: 
 

>  I think he turns into Imipolex G. 
 

If Slothrop's a Fool card, he must have fallen off a cliff.