Pynchon's prophecies

[John Carvill]

2009/8/18 Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com>:

> ... I'd say that
> one of the differences between early Pynchon and late Pynchon is that
> early Pynchon seemed genuinely prophetic, whereas late Pynchon makes
> his prophecies with the advantage of hindsight....  Pynchon
> is no longer making prophecies about our future. He's making prophecies
> about our past.

Yes, and few more chilling retrospective prophesies than the one about
Ronald Reagan: "The Governor has some great momentum right now, the
future of America belongs to him."

Yeah, him and then his CIA-gestated sidekick, and then his sidekick's
son, formerly known as The Governor, with his ape-like trudge...