Gentlemen, start your flamethrowers

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 21, 2005, at 9:44 AM, John Carvill wrote:

>
> If you're from the UK, like me, then maybe you find Part One more  
> atmospheric and evocative becasue it's set (mostly) in London,  
> which is for most of us a recognisable place. 'In The Zone' goes  
> scattering off across Europe and if you, like me, have never been  
> to Berlin, then there's not so much to cling onto in terms of  
> familiarity. Also, as Slothrop's 'temporal bandwidth' starts to  
> dwindle, maybe the narrative is supposed to reflect this? I admit  
> that is some ways it seems a shame to set up the Blitz era London  
> so beautifully then abandon it.



Also, for  Americans at least, the Puritan New England material was  
familiar.

The Blitz was '40-41 so the era could more properly be called the v- 
terror era.

  By '44 most of the high explosives were going in the other direction.