ATDTDA (33) - p. 921-2 - anarchism

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

          Jill:
          Is this Pynchon's™ opinion? 


Yep, Pynchon's™ thoughts. OBA should be judged by the 
company he keeps, the books he promotes by others. 
Consider:

http://www.themodernword.com/Pynchon/pynchon_essays_blurbs.html

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/uncollected/blurbs.html

          Jill:
          I think this is the question in every book. Is Pynchon siding 
          with the subversive rebel elements or does he just describe 
          them really well? Would Pynchon's acquaintance with 
          heresy have anything to do with an answer? 

OBA is a subversive element. Remember how he promoted
"Murdered by Capitalism"?

http://tinyurl.com/5o57on

Read "Murdered", compare to Against the Day and come 
back with your opinion. There is no other book that I know 
of that Illuminates AtD more than "Murdered by Capitalism." 
It's obvious OBA used the book [or perhaps a 
friendship/acquaintance with John Ross] to get the details 
on Anarchist history. And that the angle of refraction that
lights up AtD is far, far left.