ATD: unanswered questions #2

[Mark Kohut]

I agree that one theme of AtD is that "the whole sick crew' from V., say, are what the Chums start as, then they mature.....

--- On Mon, 9/22/08, bandwraith at aol.com <bandwraith at aol.com> wrote:

> From: bandwraith at aol.com <bandwraith at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: ATD: unanswered questions #2
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Monday, September 22, 2008, 6:59 AM
> Mark:
> 
> "About the famous, auto-blurb....I am going to suggest
> that it---world 
> as it
> could be with just a slight shift---is ALSO about TRPs
> deepest vision of
> 'the ethical, the good, life"....."
> 
> 
> I was thinking that it might have something to
> do with getting and keeping the level of test-
> osterone under control, but that may be too
> simplistic. There is still that office "The Man"
> has in each of our brains, and lately, I see that
> "he" is decidedly more clean shaven, feminine
> even.
> 
> The Balloon Boys may have their grace, and I
> guess their adventures are always accesible to
> our imaginations, although, their airspace seems
> somewhat crowded with pilotless dones, of late.
> They'll be okay.
> 
> The bonobo-like Traverses hunkering down in
> what's left of The Rockies strike me as where
> TRP's interests might be headed.