"1984"

[Otto]

Doug reminds me offlist to be fair to the Reilly-essay which is ok because
Reilly really has something to say about the relevance of "1984" for
Pynchon's fiction concerning "newspeak" and re-writing history.

Otto

Doug:
> I find the essay interesting because it confirms something
> that I've been thinking about for a long time, that Pynchon's
> work can be viewed in part as a response to Orwell's.
>