Dreamland and Vineland

Richard Romeo richardromeo at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 29 13:20:36 CST 1999


>I've been reading Phil Patton's Dreamland (endorsed by Pynchon, published
>by Villard) at a very, very slow pace.  It's filled with Pynchonesque
>tidbits.  Here's a paragraph I thought I'd share:
>
>"The flying saucer craze of the late forties and early fifties--culminating
>perhaps in June and July of 1952, when Washington, D.C., was 'buzzed' by
>multiple saucers, recorded by ground observers, radar watchers, and airline
>pilots--marched along in neat parallel to McCarthyism and the Red 
>Scare......snip

>
>d.
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also kinda liked the fact that a bunch of rogue FBI zombies planned to 
initiate the apolcaypse last night on the X-Files. Now what would good ole 
Edgar think about that.

Rich

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