VLVL: Holding up a mirror...

[Terrance]

> As for the hippies like Zoyd, are they to be included as Marcuse has it
> in One-Dimensional Man among the inheritors of Marx's proletariat? If so
> Vineland qualifies as a left-wing or revolutionary novel. It's not one
> people of the Left are likely to be very enthusiastic about however.


One reason why VL sucks is that there is no Rocket. 

"Does not the threat of an Atomic catastrophe which could wipe out the
human race also serve to protect the very forces which perpetuate the
danger?" 

    --Marcuse