Vineland

[MASCARO at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU]

Shahir El-Shaieb comments:

>     Yet it is possible to see Vineland not as entirely unique and 
>     unrelated, but as another piece of the TRP puzzle.  If I had my copy 
>     of V. at work with me, I could point out the luscious opening, wherein 
>     TRP describes a man (I'm paraphrasing here) 'eyeing a plate glass 
>     window, trying to figure out the best way to go through it.'
>     
Absolutely.  To go further, a cl;ose comparision between the opening of GR and the 
opening of VINELAND reveals the same sort of curious continuity you see in V. 
(Quickly, from memory here): the presence of dreams; the idea of a message from 
another zone--the sky, the dream itself; the intersting image of a--squadron--of 
birds w/ that military echo, etc.  I think these tie-ins are quite significant.  I 
definitely think VINELAND takes ip where GR leaves off (remember that GR ends 
in California).

john m