more prolegomena to V. : 1962 and more 1963

[Ian Livingston]

Ah. Over-hasty scanning at the time. Apologies.

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Thomas Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com> wrote:
> I think we established earlier in the week that V. was published in 1963.
> The 1961 copyright reference is to the section based on the short story
> "Under the Rose," published in that year.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Livingston"
> <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> To: <kelber at mindspring.com>
> Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: more prolegomena to V. : 1962 and more 1963
>
>
> But if V. was published in '61...?
>
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:28 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> Clockwork Orange (the novel) was published in 1962. Not necessarily any
>> thematic connection, but the phrase may have got Pynchon's wheels turning.
>> Lots of clockwork imagery in V.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>>> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>>> Sent: Jun 9, 2010 7:14 PM
>>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Subject: Re: more prolegomena to V. : 1962 and more 1963
>>>
>>>
>>> Continuing the post on 1963 first, here is some more from that year:
>>>
>>> --March on Washington
>>> --MLKjr. I Have a Dream speech
>>>
>>> --Assassination of America's Fisher-King, JFK, of course, in November
>>>
>>> --for the first time, freshman females in the US answer a longstanding
>>> goals poll by not putting
>>> marriage w white picket fence house and kids first. (still want that, but
>>> adventure, travel, chance
>>> to be single awhile comes first)
>>>
>>> 1962
>>>
>>> Rwanda and Burundi gain independence.
>>> * Supporters of Algerian independence win 99% majority in a referendum.
>>> De Gaulle grants independence to Algeria.
>>> * A heavy smog develops over London. [Digression but it is easy enough to
>>> see this, sea-changed by a genius, as the giant adenoid in GR, yes? ]
>>>
>>> Tanganyika and Uganda become independent within the Commonwealth.
>>>
>>> ['nother digression: Rolling Stones play first gig. Times they are a
>>> changing, of course]
>>>
>>> Anti-Mosley- [the fascist] crowd disrupts a right-wing Union Club public
>>> gathering.
>>>
>>> Ranger 4 rocket crashes on the moon. JFK affirms that the US will land a
>>> man on the moon before the decade ends.
>>>
>>> Cuban missile crisis, October.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> --
> "liber enim librum aperit."
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