Re; The 60's! The Mini-Series!

Spencer Thiel s_thiel at geocities.com
Thu Jan 21 17:56:16 CST 1999


At 3:31 PM -0800 1/21/99, Derek Barker wrote:


>as a former resident of the area, i would have to agree that san narciso
>does bear an uncanny resemblence to the "inland empire" area of southern
>california - it's very much the dysfunctional web of highways and minimalls
>described in Lot 49.

For an interesting albeit brief take on Pynchon's Southern Cal, check out
Mike Davis' _City of Quartz_.  The first chapter is where it is--no need to
wade through the whole thing.

-Spencer T.






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