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[Doug Millison]

There is a tendency to look back fondly on the '60s as a golden age,
through a haze of sentimentality.  On the ground, things were grittier than
that. Drug dealers as honorable outlaws, hippie youth as noble savages --
well, that's certainly one facet of a multi-faceted scene. Compare the
Haight in 1967 and 1972, just to pick an arbitrary but useful frame -- from
LSD to methamphetamine and heroin, and not very much noble in sight.

Sentimentally yours,
Doug

At 9:56 AM 7/3/97, Greg Montalbano wrote:
>>I was there too, and had no problem with the language in the book.  All
>>fictional dialog uses invented language, and Pynchon's invention of 60's
>>California head-speak worked fine for me.
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>David
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>Me, too.
>
>And let's not forget that for every norCal heavy-duty dope-dealer & / or
>revolutionary, there were many, many wannabe kids just out for a good time,
>trying to talk the talk.


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