V. strand wolf in the fog

[Iris Sirius]

id be more than happy to provide context.  but, i dont know when you got on
here, me a psilocybin freakout kickstarted me a year ago. But im not about
one to "go into the archives".  never have never will.  but ill giveyoumy
thoughts all you want. on archives, ask m.bailey. hes into it. i dont think
he's a bot.
if you care to research the bots on this list, ask Bailey.
On Feb 26, 2013 8:38 PM, "Lewis Zhang" <lewiszhang at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm going to need a bit of context before I can even begin to comprehend
> what you're trying to communicate here.
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> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Bled Welder <bledwelder at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 8:10 PM, Lewis Zhang <lewiszhang at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> V., pp. 297
>>>
>>> enemies that would be with him to the grave: a sun with no shape, a
>>>> beach alien as the moon's antarctic, restless concubines in barbed wire,
>>>> salt mists, alkaline earth, the Benguela Current that would never cease
>>>> bringing sand to raise the harbor floor, the inertia of rock, the frailty
>>>> of flesh, the structural unreliability of thorns; the unheard whimper of a
>>>> dying woman; the frightening but necessary cry of the strand wolf in the
>>>> fog.
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>>>
>>> Can anybody help me deconstruct this amazing piece of imagery?
>>>
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>> Lewis, there is no deconstructing that piece of imagery.  I mean you can
>> deconstrust it all you want, toss in nifty meanings and quote "scholars"
>> with opinions too on the matter.
>>
>> What you just quoted?  It means *nothing*.  It's just a kid jerking
>> off.  That's *all* it is.
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>> I asked you to beware Pynchon studies, and you came up with this.  I'll
>> ask you again: save yourself.  That piece of trash you just quoted *means
>> nothing*.  I mean literally.  It doesn't mean anything.  Get over
>> yourself as a literary agent.  That shit means nothing--but sounds great.
>> That's it.  I just gave you Pynchon in a nutshell.
>>
>> Beware, again, my son, of adhering to anyone who finds "truths" in
>> Pynchon.  They aren't there.  If you think you will find guidance by
>> listening to Kohuticus or Well In Town....your fucked.  Don't go there.
>>
>> Imagine being a genius, but with nothing really to say.  Now think
>> Pynchon.  Realize it, man.
>>
>> Has Kohutikus really, in our worst nightmare, just spent three days
>> discussing the meterorites in Against on page 986, one little paragraph, at
>> the bottom?
>>
>> Then Well In Town comes in with vast sources of people who anyone with a
>> brain realizes is a Gypsie rippoff..  Because so is Well In Town.  Ask
>> yourself: does Well In Town *have*  a personality? Does Kohutikus?
>>
>> Not really.  They're fucking robots, man.  Believe it.
>>
>> Watch carefully the way they respond and write posts.   They're bots.
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