AtDTdA (9): 245 [Today's kick-ass, pt 1] ]

[grladams at teleport.com]

 Even though I don't know of an actual factual way to back this up.. It's
been something that has been in my mind.  I <think> there have been clues,
the one where they dip in to the inner earth world, the one with the
russian balloon, the chums are sent on missions that have in some way to do
with the visitors. I'll dig around in my copy when I get home. promise. I
think they're working for a force whose mission has to do with obscuring
these entities of the future, the harvesters of innocence, a force that
wishes for 'them' to settle in among us. I may be completely wrong. But
don't those missions stave off the larger discovery of 'them'?
?
Jill

Original Message:
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From: Keith keithsz at mac.com
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 07:55:31 -0700
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: AtDTdA (9): 245 [Today's kick-ass, pt 1] ]


The Chums' orders are issued by "chance."

On May 16, 2007, at 6:21 AM, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:

           Fidgety:
           Todays kick-ass essay question:
           So who issues the Chums' orders? Some government
           or commercial entity? Something beyond Earth, beyond
           time, God? What does it say about the Chums that they
           don't know? And what does it mean that they are
           beginning to ask questions? People interested in
           connecting AtD with other works by the same author
           might do well here; fortunately, I'm not one of them
           (heh, sic).



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