Vineland underrated

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Carvill John wrote:
> 
> Well, I didn't actually claim that Vineland is a 'Left-Wing novel', I think
> what I said was that it displayed Pynchon's left-wing viewpoint. 

You are entitled to your opinion about P's political viewpoints. 


To me, it
> is indisputably about (among other things) the contrast between 1960s
> radicalism and 1990s totalitarianism, how the struggle of the 60s against a
> right-wing establishment, particularly personified in Richard Nixon, had
> faded away by the time Reagan came to power. 

And, since neither Nixon nor Ray Gun  is  actually a character in this
novel how did you arrive at this opinion? I mean the novel explicitly
states that it doesn't matter who is in office. Yes, that's what it
says. Read the book. BV, the fascist character in this novel climbs up
the DOJ ladder during LBJ's Great Society. You see, this is classic
Pynchon. Irony. Like that Great Flintstone hit: Bedrock, Twist, Twist.
FEMA, don't forget, was made in Georgia. Just kidding. But come on guys.
It's a pretty shitty fairy tale. It ain't Babbit or Death Of Hippie. 


Open the book,  boyz.