paranoia ( Contemporary Novelists, 6th ed.)

[Mark Kohut]

If paranoia is expecting/believing in the possibility of the worst;
Is not a sense of expectancy---the possible best news also there

in the poise...the waiting?

--- On Fri, 7/10/09, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> From: kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re:paranoia ( Contemporary Novelists, 6th ed.)
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:38 AM
> The question alone sends one into
> ever deepening spirals of fear:  What if I'm not really
> paranoid?  What if they're only making me think I'm
> paranoid?  I am paranoid.  What if ...
> 
> Isn't this exactly Oedipa's state at the end of the book?
> 
> Laura
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> 
> >
> >
> >What is the difference between paranoia and the
> suspicion of it?
> >
> >--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Contemporary Novelists, 6th ed.
> >> To: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> >> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12:25 AM
> >> Paranoia, or the suspicion of it, is
> >> not uncommon in the world.
> >> 
> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Robin
> >> Landseadel<robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> >> wrote:
> >> > On Jul 8, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Dave Monroe
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Paranoia, or the suspicion of it, is not
> uncommon
> >> in the world of
> >> >> Pynchon's novels.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Paranoia, or the suspicion of it, is not
> uncommon in
> >> the world of dope
> >> > smokers and acid heads. Not that there's
> anything
> >> wrong with that . . .
> >> >
> >> >
> >> 
> >
> >
> >      
> 
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