Pynchonian Rorschach

[MantaRay at aol.com]

Casseres, the spelling-freak writes:

>Seems to me Gravity's Rainbow has not been subjected to the same kind of 
>fact-checking as Mason & Dixon, simply because it doesn't even remotely 
>appear to "historical fiction" while Mason & Dixon does, remotely. 

Come again? We spent much time on this list dissecting GR's so-called facts,
mulling over I.G Farben, WWII blah blah, indeed, treating it as if it was a
historical novel. Mickey Rooney is just the L.E.D. in M&D. We're purposefully
overlooking the "literary effect" of M&D, in my opinion, because the period
is farther removed from us. I'm not looking at M&D any differently than GR
when I take it apart. 

MantaRay