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I read summaries of a couple of Pychon's books...one mentioned a character named Oedipa Maas. It suggested that if you read this name in the mirror, you would find some additional meaning.
SAAMAPIDEO
All I can figure is:
SAMMA PI DEO or
? 3.14 god
I can't figure out 'saama', nor does the rest really make sense.
Maybe, trying to figure out the answer to this is like a parallel to Oedipa Maas? Searching for an answer that isn't there?
Ideas?
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Oedipa functions in the novel as a type of detective,
like Sam Spade (try holding this name, written on a piece of paper, up to a mirror, EDAPS MAS
OEDIPA MAAS
and pronouce the result out loud), trying to find out the meaning behind Trystero in the play The Courier's Tragedy.
SAM SPADE is the answer
It is an analogy about her character
not really close but that is the meaning : Sam Spade
( played by Humphrey Bogart 1941, I believe)
- 1 decade ago
did you try spacing the letters, and wwitching a few around
AS A MAP I DOE?
there's a chracter in another book named Oedipis. if you takke the remaining letters AMAA, look to roman numerals maybe
SAA MAP I DEO?
SA AMA PID EO?
SA AM A PIDEO?
S A AM AP I DEO?
no idea...
