IVIV: (14) Dope & Longing in Las Vegas

[Robin Landseadel]

On Nov 10, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:

> c) can you be a Pynchon fan and not be a druggie?  Sure - I think this
> is where the "drug habit as special case
> of the general theory of enthusiasms" comes in.  OTOH, I think it'd be
> hard to be a rabid, slavering Pynchonphile (The Pynchon Philes -
> Scully and Mulder hunt for evidence of extratextuals...) ... umm..
> it'd be difficult to maintain Pynchon fanship if you sincerely
> believed
> the DEA line on drugs, especially marijuana.

There's something Inherently Puritanical about The James Woods and  
Alice Wellintowns of the world.