Discuss

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Feb 11 20:16:20 CST 2013


This withdrawal is the opposite of active opposition.
Anarchy,  Is it active?.

On Monday, February 11, 2013, David Morris wrote:

> Your take is too literal, too ScyFy, deterministic.  Think about Ps other
> character that disappeared, the mechanical duck.  As it gained aoutonomy,
> it faded from view.  Slothrup and duck, two manufactured creatures
> disappearing from view. Golum Buddhas.
>
>
> On Monday, February 11, 2013, wrote:
>
>> Slothrop's body slowly was consumed by Imipolex G, turned into it.  He
>> became transparent, invisible.  He was treated with it as the Baby Tyrone.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> To: kelber <kelber at mindspring.com>
>> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:59 pm
>> Subject: Re: Discuss
>>
>>  The difference between your take is universality.  Slothrup is much
>> bigger than himself.  That's sort of why he had to fade away.  He is the
>> elusive escape, as well as  inept revolutionary.  Pure and dumb.
>>
>> On Sunday, February 10, 2013, wrote:
>>
>>> I don't disagree with any of this, but I don't see how it contradicts
>>> what I said about the events in Slothrop's life (as laid out in the book)
>>> have more to do with his eventual paranoid quest across Europe and his
>>> choosing to turn on, tune in, drop out.
>>>
>>>  LK
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: David Morris **
>>> Sent: Feb 9, 2013 11:42 PM
>>> To: "kelber at mindspring.com" **
>>> Cc: "pynchon-l at waste.org" **
>>> Subject: Re: Discuss
>>>
>>> Your fault with Slothrup's disappearance is too literal.  He transcends
>>> his creators by evaporating into the void,  Pointsman's biggest fear was
>>> the golum, the experiment gone awry.  Rogue.  So they would rather kill it
>>> than lose control of it.  Slothrup  evades, but not before becoming a
>>> Buddha.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, February 9, 2013, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't really believe in any sort of deterministic Fate - there are too
>>>> many incalculable and unpredictable variables.  At any rate, I'd say that
>>>> what happens in Slothrop's life has more to do with the fact that he was
>>>> experimented on as a baby, than anything to do with his friendly, and smart
>>>> but hedonistic character.
>>>>
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> >From: Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>>> >Sent: Feb 9, 2013 8:30 AM
>>>> >To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>> >Subject: Discuss
>>>> >
>>>> >"A man's character is his fate" with special reference to Slothrop.
>>>> >
>>>> >Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>  ******
>>>
>>>
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