Re: GR translation: he’s already stopped believing in the rocket he saw

[Mark Kohut]

I have ALSO read this as a simple phenomenological, psychological observation.

Out of sight, out of mind......akin to denial.....wanting to believe he did not see it.....

He saw it by an unusual sunlight bouncing off clouds configuration and
now "God has plucked it for him, out of its airless sky".....

----- Original Message -----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
Cc: Pynchon Mailing List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: GR translation: he’s already stopped believing in the rocket he saw

He's stopped believing in this particular rocket's (the one he saw
from the roof) power.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> P8.29-35   Pirate goes to the phone and rings up Stanmore after all.
> Has to go through the usual long, long routine, but knows he’s already
> stopped believing in the rocket he saw. God has plucked it for him,
> out of its airless sky, like a steel banana. “Prentice here, did you
> have anything like a pip from Holland a moment ago. Aha. Aha. Yes, we
> saw it.” This could ruin a man’s taste for sunrises. He rings off.
> “They lost it over the coast. They’re calling it premature
> Brennschluss.”
>
> What does it mean that he has "stopped believing in the rocket he saw"?