Pynchon's reply

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: "Joe Allonby" <joeallonby at gmail.com>
Cc: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: Pynchon's reply


> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Over-analysis seems to be the hobby of most people on this list - myself 
>> included.
>
> For some people it's a profession.
>
> I've only read COL49 once, many years ago.  As I remember it, a
> central theme, also central to GR, has to do with seeing patterns in
> the universe and the question whether these are inherent or projected
> or both.  I remember not liking this book very much, thinking this
> conspiracy quest wore a little thin by the end.
>
> David Morris

I remember really liking it when it came out. It seemed so current, so 60s.

JFK assassination conspiracy theorists were everywhere.  But another hot 
topic was the idea that psychosis and paranoia might actually be curative. 
Liang and that bunch. Oedipa sort of stood for anti-oedipus before its time.

P