Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 07:48, Otto wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 10:28 AM
> Subject: Re: Religious Fundamentalism in Orwell and Pynchon
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> 
> > the actual content of the Foreword could have been written 
> > at any time in the last twenty or thirty years.
> > 
> 
> I can't remember the USA being under attack since Pearl Harbour.

Back then, Pearl Harbor was in a territory of the U.S., not the U.S. per
se. The more relevant past action involving an attack on the homeland
would be during the Civil War.

P.