Atta (9): 242: Today's kick-ass question

[Bryan Snyder]

Spoiler?  I REALLY did not intend to spoil ANYTHING... (and I'm not sure
where that happens in what you quoted) but do understand that I myself am
someone who while reading AtD was very upset when I would stumble across a
spoiler and I try to indicate that in the subject if I think it is needed.

I am very sorry if I unintentionally ruined ANY part of this book for you,
seriously.  I did not mean to do that.

(still don't see where I did, but one person's perspective will never be
another's)

Sorry,
B

-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris [mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 12:07 PM
To: wilsonistrey at gmail.com
Cc: Jasper; pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Atta (9): 242: Today's kick-ass question

On 5/16/07, Bryan Snyder <wilsonistrey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh... no system really, but typical anarchist theory normally puts forth
one where non-appealing work is shared (revolving schedules and the like)
and the logic they follow is that the rest of the work would be done out of
true choice, i.e. a farmer would WANT to farm and provide food, the
carpenter loves to build things etc... self-actualization available to
everyone.  I, personally, am aware it's a idealistic fantasy really only
possible in very small communities

SPOILER!!!!!

I'm  in the 900's now, and won't finish AtD before I leave for a 2
week trip to Florence, and since the book is so big & heavy I won't be
taking it with me, so fishing AtD for me won't happen until mid June.
I'll also be missing from this list for that time period.

That said (only as an intro to where I'm at right now), last night I
read the section where Reef, Cyprian, and Yashmeen find the
Anarchist's Spa, and I really felt like I was reading some sort of
political tract (OK, it's not THAT extreme).  Thank God it doesn't go
on for endless pages, and it's written in a comic manner, so I sense a
certain amount of Pynchon's distancing himself from these ideals.  But
other than those two qualifiers, I immediately thought of the long
preachy segment towards the end of Atlas Shrugged (Yuck!).

I really think this book would have been better without that section
altogether.

David Morris