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

[Paul Mackin]

On 12/8/2011 12:59 PM, David Morris wrote:
> Isn't he also anticipating that "incomming" message from Katje?

I guess he realizes any possible message would have been lost in the 
premature cutoff.

>
> 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:
>>> 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".....
>>
>>
>> Like the proverbial streetcar.  They'll be another one along in a few
>> minutes.
>>
>> But one also senses a broader disillusionment.  Just as Slothrop once cared
>> but no longer does, Prentiss is loosing faith in the "mission."
>>
>> P
>>> ----- 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"?
>>
>>