AtD--How Does it Fit

[Jason Helms]

OOH, rich.  That's hot shit.  I really dig this reading.  At the same time, 
I realize that maybe I should wait to construct all my grand narratives 
until the book has actually come out.  Speaking of which, are there any ARCs 
out there?  Will there be?
-Helms


>HI all--

just speculating here but AtD would seem (based on pynchon's own
description) to be the the third installment along with V., and GR of a huge
mediation on modern culture, imperialism, technology, war, and
apocalypse--from a global perspective.

I would argue that Lot49, Vineland, and M&D hang together as its main
concerns are with America--it's late potential for bad shit in the 1st; it's
specific betrayals in the 2nd; and its promising beginnings, if you will.

I like Doug's idea that Pynchon may have been writing this for a long time.
AtD could represent the fullfillment of Pynchon's dream of finishing the
books he had in his head back in the early 1960s. but as three large novels,
not four as he stated at the time.

of course, it could be something completely different

rich