More Against the Days

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

word; I'm also looking forward to an osteopathic subplot (which links in my mind with DL's heresy about controlling her own body) 


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> From: robinlandseadel at comcast.net [mailto:robinlandseadel at comcast.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 02:30 AM
> To: 'Paul Mackin', pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: More Against the Days
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> Think.
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> From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
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> > 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
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> > How aware were the people of what was to come?
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> > There were indications I'm sure.
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> > Pynchon isn't going to settle for any dry old rationalistic theory 
> > of history approach--marxian, toynbeen, spenglerian, vigoniian what 
> > have you
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> > Anyone remember that Blavatskian wing of psi section?
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> > Madam Blavatsky is said to have predicted the cataclysms Our Time 
> > time using esoteric methods
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> > Pynchon is the ideal person to do a complete reworking along these 
> > lines
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> > Doesn't everyone think?
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