IVIV (0) This Lively Yarn

[John Carvill]

>> What about the time-travel LSD stuff?
>
> "'What are any of these "utopian dreams" of ours but defective forms
> of time-travel?'" (AtD, p. 942)
>
> http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_919-945#Page_942
>

Nice!

I know it's been said, but just one more, er, time - consider the way
Pynchon shifts temporal gears here:

"If you're driving south from LA International it should take no more than
a hit or two off of your favorite brand of cigarette before you're right
here, in Gordita Beach, California. Well, no, actually, this used to be
the beach. Later on, all this is gonna go highrise, high-rent, high
intensity. But right now, back in 1970, what it is is just HIGH."

You ARE here, this USED to be the beach, LATER on, right NOW, BACK in
1970, what it IS is just HIGH. Beautiful! And, as a bonus, it includes
that trademark double 'is'.

Very apt, also, when we consider all the stuff in IV about land and
how land changes with time, not just the "long, sad history" of L.A.
land use, but when Tariq's 'turf' literally disappears, and Tariq
says, "The Man, he just waits for his *moment*." [italics mine]