Pynchon's reply

[Joe Allonby]

I'll go along with that. The map of Slothrop's conquests leaps to mind
as one of those patterns (Poisson distribution?) that may be inherent
or projected or both. Just because you're paranoid that doesn't mean
that they're NOT out to get you.

I consider COL49 to be one of my favorite novels.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Over-analysis seems to be the hobby of most people on this list - myself included.
>
> For some people it's a profession.
>
> I've only read COL49 once, many years ago.  As I remember it, a
> central theme, also central to GR, has to do with seeing patterns in
> the universe and the question whether these are inherent or projected
> or both.  I remember not liking this book very much, thinking this
> conspiracy quest wore a little thin by the end.
>
> David Morris
>