Dys by Thomas Pynchon

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Pynchon’s Dystopia
Dys by Thomas Pynchon

Review By Dan Geddes

A new Thomas Pynchon work is always an event, and his devoted readers will 
treasure his latest effort, Dys. More than his earlier works, Dys fits the genre 
of negative utopian fiction, but it is still a Pynchon work more than anything 
else—a wickedly funny masterpiece about power, history, and conspiracy. The 
picture of encroaching fascism in America that Pynchon sketched in his 
underappreciated Vineland has been painted more luridly in Dys.

Americans in Dys live in constant fear and shock, in a state of perpetual war, 
and under the eyes of increasingly penetrating electronic surveillance. The 
skies are policed by millions of pesky VD’s (flying Video Drones), which 
spot-check everyone’s behavior. But Americans have taken the surveillance in 
stride; the home version of VD’s (packaged as flying pigs) are hot sellers in 
the burgeoning personal reconnaissance market. . . .

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