VL p. 246

[rich]

I always thought of the Thanatoids as encompassing a whole bunch of
folks affected by the 60s but not just by the 60s.

rich

On 3/2/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> LB: Reconciliation?, (yes, hard) :
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> Living "next to ourselves" as it is said of Frenesi may be what unites the
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Monday, March 2, 2009 2:12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: VL p. 246
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> On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:59 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
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>> 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?
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> 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 "&."
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