massfree energy (and small spoiler allusion to later in ATD)

[kelber at mindspring.com]

-----Original Message-----
>From: mikebailey <mikebailey at speakeasy.net>

>
>I believe that Pynchon is too well-educated to embrace irrational
>schemes and world-views, but too engaged with the world and people
>as they are not to include them in his fiction, or utilize as sources
>for metaphor.  I like the way he uses them as plot devices, and
>hope to understand better how they burgeon within his narratives and
>to what effect...

Well said, Mike.

Laura