BtZ42: p. 27-30

[Monte Davis]

And that clustering of associations is so tight that they hang together all
the way to the final page.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 2:43 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Just pausing to savor this sequence (one of my many favorites):
>
> Starting from: "On the old schist of a tombstone …" to the end of the
> section (italicized in the book): this is how it does happen - yes the
> great bright hand reaching out of the cloud …
>
> There are so many Pynchon passages that send us scurrying to Google (or
> whatever the hell we used to do) an obscure reference. This one, though,
> sends the brain a-sparkling with associations - death from the sky - hand
> of God - V-2 rocket - differences, similarities - religion - terror -
> inevitability - resignation - quaint acceptance - death from the sky has
> always been with us, does it really matter what form it takes - take
> comfort from treating it as old family history … etc. etc. No Googling
> required!
>
> Laura
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>
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