VL p. 246

[Robin Landseadel]

On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:59 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> So I'm getting from this that you don't agree with me that the  
> Thanatoids are, in part, a critique of the passive, tube-watching  
> culture?

In part, the Thanatoids are a critique of the passive, tube-watching  
cultureTV Zombie Nation. In part, the Thanatoids are a critique of  
activists who who bailed on "the movement"/had the movement bail on  
them. In part Vineland is the end of the road for the American Dream.  
As usual with all Pynchon, things are never either/or. Things are "&."