Orwellian dude

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Fri May 23 03:29:12 CDT 2003


>> There's no more agreement with (nor condemnation of, really) this pair of
>> dim-witted "Bob and Ted" stereotypes than there is with the earlier group
>> referred to as "those among us" in the "fascistic disposition" paragraph.
 
on 23/5/03 2:56 PM, davemarc at davemarc at panix.com wrote:
 
> I'm sure that jbor is referring and alluding to "Bill and Ted" even though
> the word "Bill" is not to be found in the above paragraph.

Nah, it was just an error. I meant to refer to "Bill and Ted". Explicitly.
It's possible, of course, even if only remotely, that Pynchon is alluding to
"Bill and Ted" in his parody in the Foreword.

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