IVIV8: A long time in politics

[Dave Monroe]

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Paul Nightingale <isread at btinternet.com> wrote:

>. On 113 we find him watching TV, a moment that, far from being a
> distraction, holds out the promise of a narrative in which dating grants us
> access to the Real. The text has invoked history on occasion; but this is the
> first time we have a dated event to play with.

The Real, or The Symbolic?  The Real here'd be a helluva gearshift for
Pynchon on the matter of media 'n' mediation, at any rate,   But this
also reminds me, were there any of those moments Doc hisself wasn't
all too sure had/hadn't happened therein?  I'd beeen tryingto keep
track of those, but ...