_1984_ Foreword

[Terrance]

Steve Maas wrote:
> 
> Am I correct in inferring that some here doubt that Pynchon means for his
> readers to relate his remarks to current conditions in the U.S.A? 

Well, yes and no. 


How it is
> possible for someone familiar with P.'s writing to read, for example, his
> "fascistic disposition" paragraph, about those who call it subversive to
> question or criticize your government's anti-democratic actions during
> wartime, and doubt that P. includes today's conditions in his own country in
> his concerns?

Simple enough, he doesn't say anything about conditions in his own
country in that paragraph. In fact, he talks about England during
W.W.II.