Not politics - Pynchon (bombs)

[Robin Landseadel]

Uh.......

I think I agree more with you than with Mark.

I'm re-reading Vineland for the umpteenth time and the issue of
karma is near as omnipresent in these fictional tales of the
remnants of the 60's radical left as it is in Pynchon's portrayal
of the radical left durning the gilded age. Pynchon is certainly
conflicted and measured in his embrace of the radical left in
all his books but it isn't hard to detect his familial embrace of
the Gates and the Traverses in Vineland. And the Traverse
family saga is the spine of Oba's massive doorstopper. "Blood's
thicker than the mud" as Sly sez.

The dual refraction has more to do with the internal confusion of
time in Against the Day, simultaneously set in the distant past
and the timeless present.  This has more than a little to do with
early particle physics and light.

On Oct 8, 2008, at 2:10 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> Dual refraction?  Does that mean you agree with both of us?
>
> Laura
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