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My fallible memory concerns the description of a sweeping historical novel about America ( and more).....that was not the historical novel set in the 1700's.

More bloviating speculation.....Vineland was conceived and written between these others as certain themes re UnFurling America---his California novels----found mental, then physical form.
Vineland was never mentioned as part of his lifetime Novel-Ideas plan---that I know of....

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On Apr 19, 2013, at 12:15 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> the only earlier indication of a book Pynchon was writing was the Japanese Insurance Adjustor which pbly made its way partly into Vineland.  I dont recall any mention of Pynchon writing about anarchism, labor strikes in Colorado, or the Chicago world's fair earlier than near the point of AtD's publication.
> I could envision Pynchon researching labor strife for Vineland and learning about earlier events that made it into AtD.
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> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:52 AM, Don Higgins <bencanard2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> yeah I think that was probably for Against the Day as he was writing them sort of together wasn't he? I remember reading something from the early 80s that mentioned both M&D and AtD
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>>> I guess this is a long shot, but you wouldn't happen to have a source. I never heard that Atd was alluded to as a novel that early.
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