Vineland underrated (where even Ronald Reagan has got soul)

[John Carvill]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:48:33 Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

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

Thank you!

>And, since neither Nixon nor Ray Gun  is  actually a character in this
>novel how did you arrive at this opinion? 

Never meant to imply that Nixon and Reagan appear in Vineland as
'characters'. Sorry if you got that impression. And I'll have to check this,
but I seem to recall both these monsters being explicitly named in the book,
along with (and God help me did we ever imagine we would have to say this)
the first president Bush. In any case, as portrayed in Vineland, the spectre
of Nixon hangs pretty heavily over the late 60s, and Reagan is at the very
core of the central narrative strand in the 80s.

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 02:49:16 joeallonby <vze422fs at verizon.net> wrote:
>Subject: Re: Pynchon & Bloom MTV Death Match 
>This is dangerously close to humor. You must have forgotten to take your
>meds.

Yes, despite the abuse Terrance is favouring me with, I must admit that
DeathMatch pastiche was quite funny.

Cheers

John

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