Hello, all
Daniel Harper
daniel_harper at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 6 19:01:12 CST 2007
Yeah, I read that a couple of weeks ago. Amazing the level of knowledge and
insight that Pynchon brings to such topics -- in another universe, he might
have become a world-famous public intellectual instead of a novelist.
I also liked his article about the Watts riots.
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 11:06, you wrote:
> Wilkommen! "No reference," I'm SURE, either, at:
>
> http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_essays_1984.html
>
> --- Daniel Harper <daniel_harper at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > ...And suddenly I stop and go, "Oh, right, the
> > book takes place in _1984_...."
> > An obvious reference, that subtly changes the
> > entire tenor of the book, that I just entirely
> > missed until that moment. I'll go stick my nose
> > in the corner for awhile now. <laughs>
> > --
> > No reference to the present day is intended or
> > should be inferred.
>
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--Daniel Harper
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