Vineland

[pynchonoid]

And you know very well that Zoyd was forced into the
deal that gives him the disability check by a corrupt
DEA agent, not a free choice of his own.  

Your disdain for the 60s counterculture appears to
make it impossible for you to see, or to admit in this
forum, anything good about Zoyd and his demographic
cohort, that was evident in the last Vineland
discussion here. You take an extremist position that
undermines the rest of your sometimes insightful
reading of the novel.

And the reference to Zoyd's check still follows the
reference to _1984_.  I expect that Pynchon could have
put the check first if had chosen to do so. Playing
against _1984_, obviously, comes first for Pynchon in
_Vineland_. 

jbore:
>     [...] his dream
>     [...] almost surely connected with the letter
> that had come
>     along with his latest mental disability cheqck,
> reminding him
>     that unless he did something publicly crazy
> before a date now
>     less than a week away, he would no longer
> qualify for benefits.
>                    (Pynchon, _Vineland_, first page,
> first paragraph)
> 
> > waking up like Rip
> > Van Winkle 

Rip Van Winkle doesn't appear in the  _Vineland_ text,
not according to the Amazon.com search engine of the
novel, nor in the Pynchon Notes #36-39 index to the
novel.  Creative interpretation -- and of course
neither you nor Mr T are the first to suggest it --
but it remains your construction.  Add it to Pynchon's
text, if you must, but it remains your addition.

We can continue this discussion if you want to keep it
civil, but if you just want to troll for flames, I'll
pass, I've reached my limit for today with you, too. 




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