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[Tore Rye Andersen]

Jasper Fidget wrote:

>Today's kick-ass essay question:
>Discuss the significance of the railway lines to Renfrew/Werfner, AtD, 
>and/or Pynchon.  Pay special attention to the idea of "flows of power"; 
>Renfrew says this can be expressed as "massive troop movements", but note 
>also that railways help facilitate trade, and strong trading partners 
>rarely go to war with one another.  (Of course they often team up and go to 
>war against some other team....)  Also consider the idea of 
>rail-worthiness.  Who decides?  Super-scholars may choose to make 
>connections with Pynchon's other work (COL49 and M&D come immediately to 
>mind).

Boy, you're off to a great start, Jasper! Thanks for that wonderful flurry 
of posts.
I don't have the time right now for an extended reply to today's "kick-ass 
essay question," but in lieu of a new essay, here's a link to a previous 
post, where I tried to address at least some of your railway questions:

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0704&msg=117281&sort=author

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