GRGR(8) The Army of Lovers

[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Brendan Costello wrote:

> Pynchon sees that "machinery laid bare" in the 60's -- it informs his
> analysis of WWII and the immediate post-war period.  He also knows,
> however, that such times cannot last; _Vineland_ and _M&D_ both have, as
> someone noted, a 20-year interval between the telling and much of the
> action of the story.  As he writes _GR_, he knows that the window is
> closing on the 60's, the new lines have been drawn and already calcifying.

Reminds me of something Tom Hayden said in Newark shortly after the
happenings there. "When the cememt dries, you can't crack it with a pick."
(rough quote as best I remember)

The slogans of the sixties must have been still ringing in P ears during
the composition of GR. (in all our ears) 

Legacies of the sixties.

		P.