Gravity's Rainbow

[Mark Kohut]

What does it mean and why is it Pirate Prentice
who is "fantasist-surrogate"?

Good time, great cooking of best food, kind of guy...

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> Twice early in GR, Pirate is said to have no thoughts in his head.
> Once that is referred to as
> "commando style"....
>
> When he first thinks the rocket is on the way down, maybe less time
> now than it takes for light to reach the planet of love and he thinks
> about what to do he decides to
>
> Pick bananas. (I am reminded of the buddhist parable of the guy
> hanging over a cliff, slipping, and he reaches to pluck strawberries.
> )
>
> So lovely of TRP.
>
> Pirates first expressed dreamt fantasies were the words "your sound
> will be the sizzling night".
>
> Discuss.
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