An archive of P-related material?

[Craig Clark]

Dear Foax

Mike Weaver has just sent me a truly fascinating article on US-Cuba 
relations which should be obligatory reading for anyone interested in 
the role of the US and global capital in the post-WWII era - that is 
to say, to anyone who's interested in understanding _Gravity's 
Rainbow_. Mike, I suggest you post the website address for the 
article to the list - let foax go find it themselves, rather than you 
having to e-mail to all and sundry. I really do recommend this 
article to all P-listers.

A suggestion which occurs to me is that the P-list commence a project 
similar to that undertaken by Geoff Alexander for the <alt.movies.kubrick> 
newsgroup: that we keep an archive of material which is of interest to 
Pynchon readers, including some which examines themes crucial to our 
readings of Pynchon (for instance, at Geoff's site there are articles on 
the "Prisoner's Dilemma" and games theory which are useful background 
to _Dr Strangelove_). Check out Geoff's site at 
                       http://www.netins.net/showcase/sahaja/ 
if you're interested. When I return to the P-list (not if!) I'd be willing to 
lend a hand to such a project.



Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
 on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"