pynchon-l-digest V2 #1795

[Jane Sweet]

Doug Millison wrote:
> 
> "Jane":
> >I will never trust the people that keep talking about Nazis
> >and Totalitarianism as if they are George Orwell and we are
> >not living in the free world.
> 
> Then why read Pynchon? 

Because I don't think P is Orwell and I don't believe we are
living in Stalin's prison world, but in the free world.  You
have a very different view of the world. 
I don't agree with Pynchon's view, but I don't believe it is
nearly as pessimistic or nihilistic (?) as yours.