Vineland criticism

[John Carvill]

Couple more - if you haven't already got them:


One of the best things I've read about Vineland:

1. Raptor, Rapist, Rapture:
The Dark Joys of Social Control in Thomas Pynchon's Vineland

http://www.notbored.org/vineland.html

"Pynchon clearly believed that, just because the year 1984 didn't bring
actual 'telescreens' into every home in the country, this didn't mean
that Reaganism wasn't an American form of fascism."


2. Babies of Wackiness
A Readers' Guide to Thomas Pynchon's Vineland

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/

Particularly the intro:

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/intro.htm

Makes the crucial point (sometimes overlooked even on the p-list) that
"People read Thomas Pynchon because he's fun".


Cheers
JC





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