BE, pg 74

[rich]

I'm sure this was brought up during the BE read but the paragraph
describing Justin's and Lucas' vision of a virtual sanctuary seems to me to
encapsulate Pynchon's motivations and work as a whole:

"Justin wanted to go back in time, to a California that had never existed,
safe, sunny all the time, where in fact the sun never set unless somebody
wanted to see a romantic sunset. Lucas was searching for someplace, you
could say, a little darker, where it rains alot and great silences sweep
like the wind, holding inside them forces of destruction. What came out was
the synthesis of Deep Archer."

I'm taking another shot at BE and finding it worthwhile overall. I may have
other thoughts along the way. I definitely would place it within the trad.
trilogy of CA books--there's alot of CA in BE.

apologies again if I'm behind the curve
rich
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