Preparation for "the Day"...

[Guy Ian Scott Pursey]

Thanks all for your help,

I especially liked this line from the second review Dave Monroe sent me:

"And now we have Against the Day, a book as difficult to assess by the
criteria of contemporary fiction as it would be to judge Cerberus with
the rest of the Crufts usuals."

SF Reviews very useful, as you said.

So I've noted to look up Chicago World Fair of 1893 and briefly remind
myself of what WWI was all about - both officially and otherwise(?), as
I expect Pynchon will be drawing on both...

Also:
Dos Passos' The USA Trilogy (cheers, Laura)
Alchemy
Eastern Philosophy
The Roots of Buddhism
Enlightenment (in the many senses of the word)
Theosophy (thanks to Robin for these)

Did I miss anything? At a glance, not sure I will have time to read all
the p-list correspondence on it, Michael... Plus I guess they will
contain spoilers.

I may just dive in (bearing all the above in mind of course) and then if
I come unstuck come crawling back to this list...

If there are any more suggestions as to how to approach this, keep 'em
coming :-)

Guy