Pynchon's reply

[Mark Kohut]

Maybe that is the plot and main theme.............and a right-on judgment of whether it achieves that.

But, as with any book worth the details, there is more---that abstract map is not the territory--- no matter whether we overanalyze
or underanalyze. 



----- Original Message ----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
Cc: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>; pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:15:45 AM
Subject: Re: Pynchon's reply

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