Has anyone seen a Pynchon book lately?

[Richard Romeo]

This is off the top of my head but I would argue that
Pynchon's reticence to make his personall views public
somehow relates to his systems approach to novel
writing. What I mean is a consistent awareness of the
larger forces that swirl around us and the effects
those forces have on other lesser systems,
individuals, and the like.
He's probably figuring that once these economic,
political, military systems interact in such a way
that it's almost impossible to change once they are
put into motion, under varying configurations.
I don't think of Pynchon is a writer to spur protest
as such in his readers, but more like a lone
melancholic skeptic, equally annoyed, angry, etc with
those arrogantly supportive of such systems and those
who arrogantly detach themselves from such systems,
thinking in some self-righteous way that their gospel
of defiance is any way or shape not comprised by its
participation in the first place (I think Pynchon
alludes to this fact in the intro to SL). Of course,
one can argue such sentiment could lead to apathy,
sloth, or indifference, but I fear that's the skills
I've been blessed with. IN any case, that's how I read
Pynchon through the reading of his novels.

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:40 PM
> Subject: re: Has anyone seen a Pynchon book lately?
> >
> > Please...let's get back to Pynchon.
> > (...)
> > OK, back to Iraq now.
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terrance--i thought this a fine post. danke

rich
> >
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