IVIV (1) Intro

[Tore Rye Andersen]

John:
 
> As a summation of a career, he gave us Against the Day. This is more
> like a little bonus of a coda. Unless of course, there's more to come.
 
Yeah, back when AtD was published, it certainly felt like his last novel,
like a summation of what had gone before. I even went out on a limb and
made a prophecy to that effect:

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0611&msg=111748&sort=date
 
- and who looks stupid now? I guess I should hand in my prophet credentials.
Still, AtD does feel like a summation; like Pynchon's last BIG statement. 
I was mighty surprised when IV followed so closely on the heels of AtD, 
but having read the novel a couple of times, I'm damn glad that it did.
More, please.
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