pynchon theme line in Prometheus

[Mark Kohut]

maybe with the qualifier "some sort"....I think she is more 
a Mother as symbol.....................

From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: pynchon theme line in Prometheus


On 6/9/2012 9:49 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:

Cruising the distant planet for signs of life and reason to land, the
>young scientist who believes there was life there sees .....linearity 
>and sez:
>"God doesn't create in straight lines...."
>While on the topic of creation, is Yashmeen some sort of Promethean figure, With her maths, I mean. Don't remember where in the book, but didn't she see human betterment coming from what she thought she was doing? And she certainly didn't end up moving in a straight line.

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