VLVL Ditzah

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 2 07:45:29 CST 2004


> 
> Obviously the novel isn't an endorsement of Nixon or Reagan, but it's
> equally obvious that it's not a glorification of the '60s counterculture
> either: it's a stinging critique. In fact, the general thrust of the novel
> seems to be to demonstrate how the counterculture, sometimes willingly as in
> Frenesi's case (and Van Meter's), and sometimes unintentionally or
> blunderingly, through narcissism and self-indulgence (24fps),
> disorganisation (PR3), and apathy and selfishness (Zoyd), actively advanced
> the conservative cause.
> 

No chance that Willingly, Unintentionally, Blunderingly, and
Self-Indulgently, will Save that Prairie.



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