VLVL2 (4) Off-stage

[Terrance]

> 
> I think Pynchon's disillusionment with the "hippie resurgence" is pretty
> explicit in the _Slow Learner_ 'Intro' (SL 9.18-26), and contestation of the
> fact that those feelings have been amplified in _Vineland_ into something
> which approaches a full-on critique is what seems to me to be a waste of
> time, if indeed "predictable".


As one of our most astute P-list members pointed out, the critical
industry ignores the text. As interesting and as erudite as they may
appear, critical readers have by and large ignored the books. Why get
involved in some stupid cock-fight & hand-job debate about Bush Vets?
Why not? Did we learn nothing in all this? Did you learn anything? That
a boy, stick to your guns. Keep your shoes shined and every hair in
place. This is no place for you.