P, maybe too obvious for words--and too tenuous for connection

[Ian Livingston]

It ain't about what you get for free, it's what you give that matters.
Leave all pecuniary matters out of the formula and it becomes
interesting.

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
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> From: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:08 AM
> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Subject: P, maybe too obvious for words--and too tenuous for connection
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>> In IV, we have in that fine ending the clear statement
>> of one theme: the vanishing time when people helped each other
>> for free, without wanting something for it. That echo of it
>> in the cars jostling in the fog.
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>> In AtD we have the time and person of Nikola Tesla who wanted
>> free electic power for everyone. Ridiculed and defeated by Scarsdale Vibe.
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> Don't he know they ain't no free lunch?
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