Pynchon's censored file aesthetic

[Mark Kohut]

YES!....

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

> "White Visitation" a code name, always appearing in double quotes, stands
> for something secretive, namely  this inter-governmental long-named
> organization whose purpose is supposed be to try out any outlandish scheme
> anyone can think of that might possible contribute to winning the war.
>
> The name itself sounds plausibly like a Catholic hospital or convent.
> Angel Gabriel appearing to the BVM.
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Atticus Pinecone <
> atticuspinecone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Like a symbol?
>>
>> As for technique, is it far fetched to think he used Burroughs's cut up
>> style? They have similarly snarled syntax.
>>
>> > On Aug 30, 2017, at 8:55 PM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok so I made a pretentious title for this post which is pretty much
>> just a random idea/question. When I was reading Gravity's Rainbow I got the
>> feeling that some of his proper names particularly The White Visitation
>> were like, the possible term escapes me, words inserted after the true name
>> had been erased. Like if you are listening to a recording of someone talk
>> and he keeps mention someone but when he says that name a computer voice
>> chimes in. God this is the worst attempt at explanation. But anyways I was
>> wondering if maybe this idea could connect to Pynchon's "layering"
>> technique of writing. Any thought?
>> -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>
>
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