CoL49 Ch5 third section Weekly Reading

[Mark Kohut]

I have a question. This Chapter 5, p. 98...What does this mean?

'The dead man, like Maxwell's Demon, was the linking feature in a
coincidence"

??????

On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> JK: How does Hilarius' explanation of LSD and blending of individuals into
> one compare with Oedipa's efforts to understand W.A.S.T.E.?
>
> No idea....all individuals merging int sounds like another bat-shit
> idea....
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 12:41 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Q: Although she learns much about W.A.S.T.E., Oed leaves the Bay area
>> without finding a source or definitive W.A.S.T.E. facility beyond the bin
>> and the currier's route.
>>
>> Trystero has no location, definitive or less than. That is part of its
>> connection to the anarchistic incursion into history....
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 11:08 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
>> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry for the delay. I'm taking up the hosting for the week.
>>>
>>> Summary:After helping the sailor up the stairs and onto his "Viking
>>> funeral" bed, Oed gives him money and takes his letter to mail. She heads
>>> down under the freeway where she eventually finds a trash can labeled
>>> W.A.S.T.E. She hovers and watches until a young man drops in a bundle. She
>>> puts the letter inside and returns to her observation point until a young
>>> wino gathers the contents. She follows him and his successor whom he hands
>>> the bag off. She follows this wino as he delivers around Oakland.
>>> Eventually she returns to her hotel, where the deaf-mute association is
>>> having a silent dance where every dancing pair dances to their own music.
>>> She is waltzed around the room until the synonymous break, when she flees
>>> to her room. After sleeping she drives the Impala down to Kinneret,
>>> deciding to visit Dr. Hilarius, who takes pock shots at her as she enters.
>>> His assistant lets her into the office, where she learns that Hilarius has
>>> a psychic breakdown, believing the Israeli's are after him. She tries to
>>> talk him down from the precipice, but he considers her to be an enemy. He
>>> relates his history as a psychiatrist in the Nazi death camp, Buchenwald.
>>> He was in charge of 'faces' that would have psychotic effects on the Jewish
>>> prisoners. He describes one face that can create immediate and irreparable
>>> psychic damage,  which he used on one Zvi. The sirens of the police can be
>>> heard, and Hilarius pulls Oed into his office, where he tells her the
>>> details, including his efforts to pay 'penance' by attempting to become a
>>> believer of Freud.
>>>
>>> Questions:
>>> Although she learns much about W.A.S.T.E., Oed leaves the Bay area
>>> without finding a source or definitive W.A.S.T.E. facility beyond the bin
>>> and the currier's route. Why does she think that Dr Hilarius will help her?
>>>
>>> How does Hilarius' crimes in Buchenwald move the plot forward or help to
>>> understand either character?
>>>
>>> Is Oedipa Jewish? How does her response to Hilarius' revelations expand
>>> her character?
>>>
>>> How does Hilarius' explanation of LSD and blending of individuals into
>>> one compare with Oedipa's efforts to understand W.A.S.T.E.?
>>>
>>> In solidarity,
>>> James
>>>
>>>
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>>