ATDTDA (3) Dynamitic mania, 80-86

[Scott Badger]

...uhhh, bad example...apparently Webb & Veikko don't wait for the train...I 
just looked at that section again (81-96) and though no decision is made 
explicit, there is an absence of train/occupant parts in the description of 
the explosion. And we're told that Webb prefers to direct his blast, away 
from "innocent lives", but his reasoning seems more pragmatic and of 
convenience than moral, so.....

Scott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Badger" <lupine at ncia.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: ATDTDA (3) Dynamitic mania, 80-86


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> Paul:
>>Pynchon is a fantasist.
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> One reason for the lack of engagement. Though, at the same time, certain 
> aspects strike a resonance like no other.....and as Tore said, doesn't the 
> moral complexity (inconsistancy, even) of P's characters make them, in a 
> way, more real than most? even if we wouldn't expect, or even want, to 
> meet them in the street? And though a part of us might hope for purity, 
> that Webb will blow up the bridge *before* the train arrives, probably a 
> lot fewer of us would be reading (and re-reading) P's books if he did.
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> Which makes the more realistic (Chandler/Hammett) style of the Basnight 
> section towards the end that much more fun.....
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> Scott
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