BE, pg 74

[Mark Kohut]

No. I suggest. World-embedded and will surprise. 

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On Jun 4, 2015, at 5:08 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

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