----- Original Message ----- From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 7:21 PM Subject: Re: VLVL2 (10) Alchemy, 192 > > Why is Prairie's quest for > her Mother being directed by a generation > of losers > Because these are the people her mother has been with. Why is it a generation of losers? Otto