AtD and 9/11

jd wescac at gmail.com
Mon Aug 14 16:23:20 CDT 2006


Read Conrad's Secret Agent recently, definitely a good book if no one
has picked it up.

I definitely think that there will be commentary on the modern world.
Even without direct references or commentary, I would be surprised if
there was nothing that could be used to parse Pynchon's opinion on the
current situation.  "Everything connects", eh?

On 8/14/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> --- Martin Hinks <mhinks at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I read "No reference to the present day is intended
> > or should be inferred" as a very harsh sarcastic
> > jab to draw attention to the parallels between the
> > period described and our present day...
> >
> > On 8/14/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > As Pynchon makes point of stating in the blurb
> > > 'No reference to the present day is intended or
> > > should be inferred', most probably there will be
> > > quite a few such references, and even more than
> > > that will be possible to infer.
>
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