tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22767266.post114460040367401681..comments2023-10-30T08:17:26.355-04:00Comments on Ghostmap Microwave: FaulknerJeremy Abernathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15954116305822347834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22767266.post-1146151177801153682006-04-27T11:19:00.000-04:002006-04-27T11:19:00.000-04:00I would agree. Especially given Pynchon's time of ...I would agree. Especially given Pynchon's time of writing - he's probably not to concerned with "saying" anything specific. However, the themes of freedom vs. destiny, themes of science and limitations, the eternal recurrence (the same rocket over and over), are Nietzschean: look his use of the tail-devourer image in my post titled "nietzsche." read the first block-quote. GR would be more like Zarathustra than, say, Beyond Good and Evil. In fact, Slothrop kind of out-Zarathustra's <I>Zarathustra</I>. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, in the scene where he introduces the tail-devourer, it feels like Pynchon deliberately tries to distance his symbol from Nietzsche and Jung. All the better for art, I'd say.Jeremy Abernathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954116305822347834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22767266.post-1146110142654101762006-04-26T23:55:00.000-04:002006-04-26T23:55:00.000-04:00Well definitely Jung. There are some things kinda...Well definitely Jung. There are some things kinda similar to Nietzsche, but I don't Pynchon would agree with Nietzsche about hardly anything. <BR/><BR/>I think Pynchon is familiar with the important movements in philosophy, but I don't think that's the direction he is really influenced from. Several of these big time writers have basically stated that they consider themselves drastically ahead of contemporary philosophy, and that they don't really think about it much.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482254758385682578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22767266.post-1146103779486804282006-04-26T22:09:00.000-04:002006-04-26T22:09:00.000-04:00Up to page 400-something. Pynchon is a badass. T...Up to page 400-something. Pynchon is a badass. The first Kekule' mention just came in. There's definitely some Nietzsche and Jung going on there.Jeremy Abernathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954116305822347834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22767266.post-1146103083338347352006-04-26T21:58:00.000-04:002006-04-26T21:58:00.000-04:00Just changing templates and no writing? How's GR...Just changing templates and no writing? How's GR treating you?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482254758385682578noreply@blogger.com