Pynchon Quote

[Richard Romeo]

Initially reading that statement I wondered at its validity. However, I
think Pynchon by clearly stating "promises" lends itself to more of a
warning than a certainty, which I think is a pretty consistent theme
throughout his work

Richard 
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To: Mark A. Douglas
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Subject: Re: Pynchon Quote

Mark A. Douglas wrote:

>  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/07/email_wiretap/
>
>  Does anyone have the source of the quote from Pynchon in this
>  article?

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/15/internet_is_dying_prof_lessig>

"Writing an introduction to the centenary edition of Orwell's 1984, 
Thomas Pynchon describes 
<http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/classics/0,6121,948332,00.html> The

Internet as "a development that promises social control on a scale those

quaint old 20th-century tyrants with their goofy moustaches could only 
dream about"."