corrections Re: re VLVL2: More is Less

pynchonoid pynchonoid at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 16 12:04:52 CDT 2003


--- pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> > Herbert and Walker, and their respective times and
> > presidencies, 
> > are very much different.
> 
> Continuity persists; Pynchon continues to
> write
> about about the Bush family, as he did in Vineland
> --
> I'm assuming because he finds it worth his time and
> effort. I see no shame in taking seriously  what
> Pynchon says.
> 
> > You're saying: nothing has
> > changed?
> 
> No, I'm saying that some important things that
> Pynchon
> addresses in his fiction have stayed the same from
> the
> late '50s to the present:
> >The Tube is all that, and
> >more. The War that never ends still hasn't ended,
> >and the fat cats just get fatter from war profits.
> >The recovery movement is bigger than ever, cults
> >proliferate, Bible-thumping born-again Christians
> >occupy the White House... & etc.
> 
> These appear to be accurate observations, but I am
> open to seeing how they might be incorrect.
> 
> > Where were you 
> 
> Here in Cope-Land, we generally only take our halos
> out for costume parties and other special events.
> 
> I'm not sure how personally insulting me advances
> whatever point it is you seem to be trying to make
> about Vineland.  If you're saying: Vineland's
> politics
> have no insight that might illuminate our
> current political situation, I don't agree. 


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