Foreword,Churchill, Orwell, old hat and all that

[Dave Monroe]

These are indeed the questions to ask ...

--- Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> ... why is this novel of interest today? Why is
> Pynchon interested in this book? As I asked when we
> were speculating about why P would write an
> Introduction or Foreword to 1984: what the hell is
> P going to add to the critical industry that has
> been built around this novel?

But I'd answer that P is adding not so much to
Orwelliana as he is to The Pynchon Industry.  Ron 'n'
Otto 'n' I ALL agree here, against all odds.  Not only
shades of Pynchoniana past, but foreshadowing shapes
of things Pynchonian to come ...

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