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[barbara100 at jps.net]

Thanks, Doug.  I've been enjoying his essays today. I think you missed this
part though.  I like the last line best.  It's nice to hear him talk for
himself.  Clues you in on what to look for in his fiction, huh?  Clues you
in on what he might be thinking now too.  Yes, yes...


http://www.libyrinth.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_stone.html
Introduction to Jim Dodge's Stone Junction

[...] Equally difficult for those who might wish to proceed through life
anonymously and without trace has been the continuing assault against the
once-reliable refuge of the cash or non-plastic economy. There was a time
not so long ago you could stroll down any major American avenue, collecting
anonymous bank checks, get on some post office line, and send amounts in the
range "hefty to whopping" anywhere, even overseas, no problem. Now it's down
to $750 a pop, and shrinking. All to catch those Drug Dealers of course,
nothing to do with the grim, simplex desire for more information, more
control, lying at the heart of most exertions of power, whatever
governmental or corporate (if that's a distinction you believe in).
[...]

-- By Thomas Pynchon, 1997