Strange Names

[Robin Landseadel]

Robin Landseadel wrote:
> . . .
> Seriously, with a name like "Webb Traverse", don't you think the
> author might be inviting us all on this wild goose chase, make
> us look up stuff in the record books, find some history of the
> United States of America that can explain how exactly we got
> here, right on the verge of L.A. going underwater, just like New
> Orleans did???

On Nov 15, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Richard Fiero wrote:
> Well, actually no, I do not think so.  I do think it's far more  
> interesting
> and useful to figure out who is running Shasta. It's a pandemonium
> in here with everyone throwing everything at this pleasant and
> hopeful little book.

Well, explicate away, I'm all ears. I've certainly been enjoying  
Inherent Vice, but like all of Pynchon's tales this one has its darker  
sides. I'd love for someone to come up with an exegesis that  
ultimately produces a happy ending. I've got my imagination working  
away at the tales of Lemuria and Doc's visions of L.A. getting drown.  
If you've got a better offering I'd love to hear them.

So who is running Shasta? How can we assume she didn't lay down traps  
for Doc?