BE, pg 74

[kelber at mindspring.com]

OK, just for the hell of it, I'll toss out two suggested Pynchon-reading sequences:

1. COL49, Vineland, Inherent Vice, Bleeding Edge.

2. M&D, V., Against the Day, GR.

The first sequence is of his "lighter," more California-based books, constituting a history of paranoia and snooping in the US.

The second, his "heavier," more internationally-focussed books, constituting a history of colonialism, imperialism and militarism.

Laura



-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 4, 2015 1:11 PM
>To: "kelber at mindspring.com" <kelber at mindspring.com>
>Cc: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>, “pynchon-l at waste.org“ <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: BE, pg 74
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>I would suggest that in BE, CA stands in for other things.
>
>On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 1:09 PM, kelber at mindspring.com
><kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> Adding BE, would make it the CA tetrology - assuming COL 49 is in the mix.
>>
>> LK
>>
>>
>> Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There's a curve?
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>>
>> Www.innergroovemusic.com
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>>> On Jun 4, 2015, at 10:14 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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