Forget Conspiracy

[Richard Romeo]

funny about conspiracy--now that paranoia on the right
has become institutionalized, it ain't all that fun
anymore.

GR is a watershed for Pynchon--the first three novels
are swimming in it.  maybe the 17 yr hiatus was
Pynchon's struggles with finding a new avenue.

Vineland and M&D seem to shrug off the dark paranoia
of the earlier works.

I'm also a bit weary of the Pynchon and DeLillo
connection. This made sense in the 70s, but Pynchon's
work has lightened up a bit, whereas for the most
part, DeLillo has continued to be the cold and
abstract chronicler of modern times. 

It'll be interesting to see if the rumors are true,
how Pynchon handles a love story in whatever comes of
the Gottingen novel.

Rich



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