Changed World

[Ronkarate at aol.com]

David Pelovitz writes about Vineland:
"...that all makes perfect sense in a novel that illustrates
how much the 60's desire to change the world actually did 
change the world."

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I'm wondering how you see the contemporary world of _Vineland_ affected by
the 60's. Not that I wholeheartedly disagree, I just see much evidence
pointing to a different conclusion. Zoyd's comment to Mucho Maas "Ol' Raygun?
No way he'll ever make president" seems to show what an insulated reality our
heroes are living in. Like political Annies, the positive change they've been
striving for is always just an election away. 

On an unrelated note, did anyone notice the similarities between the
Vomitone's "I'm a Cop" and the title song from the Swans' "Cop"? (If any
obsessive Pynchonites plan to run out and buy this album based on my,
possibly erroneous, comparison, be warned: this record is, to quote the
Trouser Press, "like banging your head against a wall underwater".)

-Ron Dulin 
Ronkarate at aol.com
RDULIN at delphi.com