1984 Helicopters

[davemarc]

From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>
> He brings in
> "helicopters as a resource of 'law enforcement'
> familiar to us from countless televised 'crime
> dramas'" -- not to mention, the helicopter as deux ex
> machina in Vineland, or the way crime dramas
> themselves work as elements in Vineland.

I don't believe the helicopter serves as a deus ex machina in Vineland.
Budgetary restrictions do, don't they?

If so, that still means that the helicopter symbolism in Pynchon remains
consistent. As I've written before, the threat of air power is a Pynchon
motif that's been present in his writing for decades.

d.