AtD - well, whadda ya know ...

[pynchonoid]

Many places in Berkeley, too...

--- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

> Truth to tell, there is a quality that Pynchon very
> much admires (and to some extent, shares) in Rilke,
> an ability to evoke the presence of the otherworldly
> and imbue that presence with a cosmic sense of
> significance. It's hard to find that particular
> quality in "Vineland"; to begin with, one is having
> altogether too good of a time to think or feel such
> things. On the other hand, for me, "The Crying of
> Lot 49" has (ultimately) the greatest metaphysical
> "Shock & Awe" of any of his books. However, it is
> arguable that I have read it altogether too many
> times and read altogether too much into it. Let just
> say that S. F.'s Transbay Terminal has images I can
> draw on anytime, and Oedipa's little journey to an
> alternate reality located somewhere in California
> feels just a bit too close to home. It's altogether
> too easy for me to picture some covered trash
> receptacle, just across from "Fun Terminal" with
> "w.a.s.t.e." painted on the little swinging door
> through which you push your dis!
>  posable
> s.
>  --

Doug Millison


http://pynchonoid.org
"everything connects"

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