Guernica, prelude to The Blitz

[Terrance]

Richard Romeo wrote:
> 
> Terrance wrote:
> > PS I expected him to say something about how the USA
> > is now a super-arrogant power and that the
> government is more fascist today than
> > it has been since 1984, but of course he
> > disappointed me. But who the
> > hell am I?
> ---------
> why, pray tell should he state the obvious? In any
> case, there is much in the foreward that is obvious
> but let's remember this was written for foax who are
> about to read 1984 and not the place for some
> ham-handed screed about Bush. Pynchon, I believe is
> pretty subtle about the implications that a novel like
> 1984 has on current events. And thank god for that.
> 
> Rich


Why not state the obvious? He's done it before. Moreover, as you note,
he says lots of obvious things in the Foreword. I didn't expect a 
ham-handed screed or a subtle implication. When I read that P was going
to publish a Foreword to Orwell's classic I wondered why he would do it.
I thought that he would have something to say about 9-11 and the
aftermath. Why not?  The
arguments about why P would say what Doug and others here claim he says
are good ones. Problem is, he doesn't say any of what they say he does.
That too bad. A missed opportunity as far as I'm concerned.