[MD] question: MOQ, Pirsigism, passionate emotion

[Michael R. Brown]

Hi, Dan Glover -

> Welcome back!

Thanks so. I've been thinking about you guys - is this related to the list 
LC is drawn from? (My books are in many boxes.)

> no one here knows the totality of Robert Pirsig's thoughts. All we know is 
> what he's written in his two books and his subsequent writings.

Is there a total bibliography somewhere? Bob may be a Arturo Benedetti 
Michelangeli of the pen - a master with a deeply restricted repertory. Is he 
still writing? Last I saw was his '95 writing on QM, and of course I 
listened to the British interview when it came out. Is the DVD good?

I have the feeling there's a lot more where the two books came from ... any 
rumors of, like Camille Paglia, a masterwork on index cards or in a box 
somewhere?

> And this is an intellectual discussion (is it not?) so I am unsure what 
> (or if) you are criticizing.

I was more ... wondering. We know from brain experiments that people cut off 
from emotion - affective energy - can still think, but they suffer from an 
inability to decide. Path-preference starts to dissipate. Things become 
undecidable. (Is this not one of the malaise of our times? From Godel to the 
present-day neurosis.) Surely ZAMM is a book of enormous passion.

> You should post a link (I already checked out your website 
> [http://www.fuguewriter.com/books/she/] but others might be curious).

Thank you - but the last thing I would want to do is spam a mailing list I 
just joined! The book is still up there on Kindle for $9.99. If anyone's 
interested, I'd be happy to send a gratis hardcopy. Just toss me a note 
off-list with a snailmail address and I'll get to it. (Proviso: I  can't 
send out hundreds and hundreds!)


MRB
http://www.fuguewriter.com