Pynchon's Modus Operandi

[Ya Sam]

That's a way ahead, but still:

Unlike others in the modeling line, she had taken the actress's approach and 
actually read up on the abstractions she was instructed to embody, as a way 
of "getting inside the character." What was the point in trying to incarnate 
Bimetallism unless you could learn everything you could about It?'
AtD p. 895


What is the point of writing about missiles, maths, surveying jobs, aromatic 
chemistry, European colonies etc. unless you could learn everything you 
could about it?

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