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

[David Morris]

Isn't he also anticipating that "incomming" message from Katje?

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 12/8/2011 11:04 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
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>> I have ALSO read this as a simple phenomenological, psychological
>> observation.
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>> Out of sight, out of mind......akin to denial.....wanting to believe he
>> did not see it.....
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>> He saw it by an unusual sunlight bouncing off clouds configuration and
>> now "God has plucked it for him, out of its airless sky".....
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> Like the proverbial streetcar.  They'll be another one along in a few
> minutes.
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> But one also senses a broader disillusionment.  Just as Slothrop once cared
> but no longer does, Prentiss is loosing faith in the "mission."
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>> ----- 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
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>> 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:
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>>> 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"?
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