COL49 - Chap 2: San Narciso as a circuit board

[Robin Landseadel]

The Family and community themes found in VL are greatly expanded in AtD.

On May 11, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Natália Maranca wrote:

> In AtD there are elaborate descriptions of technology AND of  
> characters and their psychological conflicts... That's one of the  
> reasons the book's so thick - Pynchon focuses on both themes, and  
> emphasizes the last one a lot more than he did in GR ou V.
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com 
> > wrote:
>
> Laura:
>
>> In part, the "mature" Pynchon is more fascinated with people  
>> (specifically family) than technology.
>
> I think you're mostly right about this, particularly w/r/t VL and  
> M&D, but in AtD - with its many elaborate
> descriptions of technology - Pynchon does seem to return to his  
> earlier fascination with machines.