Not P but Moby-Dick (95)

[Jemmy Bloocher]

Hi JK

I’ve been on the list for decades by this point, but rarely message (though
I read most emails).
If this is the case then that would  be great. This also gives me the
opportunity to excitedly share that my 16 year old shared with me that the
just finished CoL49 and loved it.
I’ve copied her in maybe she can join the list.

Jemmy B

On Sat 30. Mar 2024 at 13:27, J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Hello,
> I’m new to the list serve but not to Pynchon. I noticed in the archives
> that people were considering a reading of CoL49. Are you still considering
> doing that? I would love to join if you do. I have read every Pynchon novel
> & SL  at least four times.
> Sorry to post on this thread, but I can’t post on the new pad thread.
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 05:13, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Context suggests it’s himself
>
> “I know the way to act with you: defiance. You’re going to be cruel even if
> I offer love & reverence. If you choose to punish my defiance, all you can
> do is kill me - and what the heck, everyone is going to die anyway.
>
> “I’m not fearless out of foolishness or ignorance - I know (“own” - archaic
> usage) how powerful you are, but I will defy you to my last gasp”
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 12:10 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 119:
> >
> > “Oh! thou clear spirit of clear fire, whom on these seas I as Persian
> once
> > did worship, till in the sacramental act so burned by thee, that to this
> > hour I bear the scar; I now know thee, thou clear spirit, and I now know
> > that thy right worship is defiance. To neither love nor reverence wilt
> thou
> > be kind; and e’en for hate thou canst but kill; and all are killed. No
> > fearless fool now fronts thee. I own thy speechless, placeless power; but
> > to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional,
> > unintegral mastery in me.
> >
> > In "No fearless fool now fronts thee", is Ahab talking talking about
> > himself, i.e. "I am no fearless fool", or is he making a general
> statement,
> > meaning there is no one fearless and foolish enough to confront the
> spirit?
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