Mythic Geographies

[LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu]

Tim May writes:
"Parts of "Vineland" are clearly based on locales in Humboldt County,
but parts are also clearly based on locales in Santa Cruz and Monterey
Counties. In fact, I can pretty much see the locales within a couple
of miles of where I now live.

In any case, Santa Cruz is not in "Southern California."

--Tim May"

Speaking of Southern California, am I correct in assuming that the 
"brief but legendary coastline" of Trasero County is midway between
LA and San Diego, about where Camp Pendleton is now (and not too far
from Zhlubb's former residence of San Clemente)?  Is there an historical
analogy for the College of the Surf and the People's Republic of Rock and
Roll?  (I can recall news of the many blowups on California campuses
*besides* Berkeley in the 60s, but I was on the East Coast then and that
was far away.)

--Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN