IVIV (13) scene three synopsis

[Mark Kohut]

I,too, found the coincidences annoying but my justificational attempt
at understanding them fell into seeing them as part of the hippie-like, free beaches and doing/getting something for nothing ethos---of Doc's
world, of the cosmos around Doc,maybe--- soon to be gone with the fog..............

--- On Thu, 11/5/09, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: IVIV (13) scene three synopsis
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 9:36 PM
> I find IV's coincidences such as this
> one terribly annoying,
> especially when Doc's leads just constantly fall in his
> lap. But I
> guess that's a noir convention too, and maybe P's just
> pointing to the
> absurdity of said narrative conventions.
> 
> Also (a) Trillium turns up in Vineland as Mucho Maas' new
> girlfriend.
> 
> And Trillium is another kind of flower.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Peter Petto <ppetto at ppetto.com>
> wrote:
> > Scene 3: Synchronicity or dumb luck? Doc gets back to
> the office to find
> > Trillium Fortnight, all eyes, also looking for Puck
> Beaverton -- and with
> > both pictures of him and a possible address for him
> (and Einar?) in Las
> > Vegas. She wants to go along for the hunt. (216-218)
>