Finally caught back up, even if I had to delay posting this week to make it across the line. I was particularly hung up on the Quaternion section from the end of last week — underlining more than usual, understanding less. One thing’s for sure, as Pynchon sez, “all mathematics leads…sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering.”
\nBut before long we were into the mayonnaise museum, Pugnax’s disturbing taste for human blood, Ryder Thorn, Umeki, and the most powerful weapon in the world. It all seemed a little extra vague and hazy, like Venetian fog, I suppose, but well worth ‘marching through.
\nI wondered at points what must it be like to read this book as a scientist. To me, there are definitely sections that sound like so much arfing from a hyper-intelligent blood-hungry guard dog. Does the scientist reader laugh along with all that arfing? Or do they just say “come on now — ridiculous!” Any scientists among us? Who will speak for the scientific community?
\nTuesday 4\/23:<\/b> While I’m asking questions, what I really want to know is: Can I stay caught up for a whole week? The answer lies on the bottom of page 636, but unfortunately, “you know who I am.”
\n(which is to say…. please use this thread to comment on anything up to page 636. Aim to finish reading that part of the book and to comment on it here by end o’ day next Monday)<\/i>
\nPugnax!
\n-Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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