Pynchon and the Subway

[Craig Smith]

> There was much media discussion of how the subways could be vulnerable to
> chemical attack. In conversing about his own concerns, Pynchon doesn't cite
> imaginary threats--he cites precedence, including an example that a Japanese
> audience would know.

Nice rationalization, but I think part of Pynchon's commentary on life itself is that it is uncertain, and that our modern time is corrupt - much as ancient Rome was - thus citing a historical precedent for unrest, terror, mass death and brutal treachery.


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