BE, pg 74

[rich]

does the beg the question (let's hope) where does he go from here--some
futuristic sci-fi fantasy? some final last word...

rich

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 1:41 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >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?
> >>
> >>
> >> Www.innergroovemusic.com
> >>
> >>> 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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