IVIV (1) Can't Buy Me Love

[John Carvill]

Heh. Yeah, and a 'Sortilege' practices clairvoyance by *sorting lots*.
Pulling in Maxwell's demon and LOT49. Everything connects.

I think you may be seeing MKULTRA, Paperclip, CIA etc. appearing just
a wee bit more than they're actually 'there', though. I know that line
of inquiry is an interest of yours, but there are otehr aspects to the
book(s).

Yes, given GR's (ostensible) setting, and COL49, we do tend to hear a
little mental gong being struck when we encounter swastika tattoos
etc. But taking every such instance as a pointer to the CIA is maybe
going a bit too far?

I'd prefer to see a discussion of the theme Janos brought up - way
back - concerning the autobiographical aspect, and how Inherent Vice
may help to illuminate or explain certain sections and aspects of GR.
The CIA do of course come into it, nobody's going to claim that They
don't, but there must be other threads worth unravelling.