NP really, but maybe. But if I am right

[David Morris]

It's hard to believe Pynchon ever seriously wanted to be an engineer.  Fall
back option?

On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, wrote:

> OK, have your fun. You guys caught me in my cups. I guess I shouldn't mix
> Gnossos and Trebbiano. But despite his chauvanism and decidedly politically
> incorrect approach to campus life, I get a kick out of Gnossos, and BDSL
> brings to my mind some things to consider. First of all, it was a shrewd
> move of Pynchon to dedicate GR to Farina. It saved him the trouble of
> answering for all his theft- and I mean low and highway robbery- of
> Farina's style, technique and thematic angles- everything from the frat
> rush dinner to the use of actual mathematical equations in the text, to
> name but a few.
>
> Which, secondly, brings to mind another thing- when exactly did Pynchon
> switch from engineering to literature at Cornell? That had to be something
> which he discussed with Farina, who apparently made a similar move. (I'm
> not sure if Farina actually switched or just dropped out.) The whole
> tension between Science and the Humanities is more or less manifested in
> Gnossos. Imagine, for example, if Gnossos had been a Lit major- wouldn't
> that have been exciting? His math/science skill, yet familiarity with
> lit, gives him a certain credibility as a critic of the status quo that
> would not be the case if he were just another English major, or, is that
> wrong?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com');>>
> To: bandwraith <bandwraith at aol.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'bandwraith at aol.com');>>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>
> >
> Sent: Tue, May 7, 2013 11:4,
> Subject: Re: NP really, but maybe. But if I am right
>
>  My favorite is the last paragraph. Gotta get me some Trebbiano...well,
> gotta get me a job.
>
>  P.
>
> On 8 May 2013 09:09, <bandwraith at aol.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'bandwraith at aol.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Yea. I'm not sure what I was thinking. It seemed to make sense at the
>> time.
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: malignd <malignd at aol.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'malignd at aol.com');>>
>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
>> Sent: Tue, May 7, 2013 5:22 pm
>> Subject: Re: NP really, but maybe. But if I am right
>>
>>  This is quite a sentence -- apologizing for sounding pompous, then
>> roaring off on a roll of pomposity.
>>
>>  [Sorry if I'm sounding pompous- too much Trebbiano, and the rest of the Mediterranean
>> diet, sans the fish, chicken and cheese, for me, of course, but even
>> with that, it really is good for you! I encourage all P--listers to make a
>> move in that direction] And given its Greeky-ness, I'd have to say:
>> Mentor, or better, Mentor/Athena.
>>
>>
>>
>
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