More Against the Days

[Paul Mackin]

I sort of like the ideas kicking around this morning about the  
calamitous (post 1914) 20th century being in some way a focus of the  
book

How aware were the people of what was to come?

There were indications I'm sure.

Pynchon isn't  going to settle for any dry old rationalistic theory  
of history approach--marxian, toynbeen, spenglerian,  vigoniian what  
have you

Anyone remember that Blavatskian wing of psi section?

Madam Blavatsky is said to have predicted the cataclysms Our Time   
time using esoteric methods

Pynchon is the ideal person to  do a complete reworking along these  
lines

Doesn't everyone think?