CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

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1. COUNTERFEITING COUNTERFEIT RELIGION: WILLIAM GADDIS, THE RECOGNITIONS

Between Belief and Unbelief

Samhain—All Saints Day

Feast of Sol Invictus—Christmas

Eoustur—Easter

Counterfeiting Counterfeits

2. MOSAICS: RICHARD POWERS, PLOWING THE DARK

Misrecognitions

Recovery

Science Fiction

Caves

Killing Time

Marking Time

After Byzantium

3. FIGURING NOTHING: MARK DANIELEWSKI, HOUSE OF LEAVES

Wired

Blindness and Insight

Entrances Without Exits

Life Online

Father’s House

4. “HOLY SHIT!”: DON DELILLO, UNDERWORLD

Prologue

Waste

Part 1

Andy 1

Part 2

Part 3

Andy 2

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Andy 3

Epilogue to Epilogue

Das Kapital III

After Thought

Earth Works

5. CONCLUDING UNSCIENTIFIC POSTSCRIPT: TWO STYLES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

Theological Foundations

Art and Science

Religion Within the Limits of Style Alone

Questions of Style

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index