BE -- "death wish for the planet" why the internet?

[David Morris]

Like me.

On Friday, March 4, 2016, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think a lottttt of people believe that today.
>
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 9:37 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Are we talking about Maxine’s belief that the internet is a
> democratizing tool? I think a lot of smart people had that idea at the
> time. Harder now.
> >> On Mar 4, 2016, at 4:49 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <
> thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Let me qualify: I agree that this is done rather heavy-handedly. But I
> still think BE is a wonderful -- and mysterious -- novel.
> >>
> >> Am 04.03.2016 um 22:18 schrieb Thomas Eckhardt:
> >>> I agree.
> >>>
> >>>> whatever the POV it doesnt work very well as written--Pynchon sets
> >>>> Maxine up--we're supposed to believe she's whip smart and yet he gives
> >>>> her the dumbest lines imaginable to prove a point.
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