Before the lines were drawn

[jody2.718]

Thanks, Laura. I love connections. Agreed, re: the older more wistful Pynchon v. the younger. Guess we shouldn't be surprised by that arc. I don't sense any regrets, though.

And I wouldn't mind seeing some more non-fiction by him, at this point, especially in these times.

jody

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On July 4, 2018 4:58 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice connection, jody. There's a thread starting in V. and COL49, but fully taking root in GR, concerning how we got to this point: where/when/how did "They" take control? But these wistful what-if strands you cite seem to be more a product of late (old) Pynchon. Off-hand I can't recall any what-ifs in GR, other than, maybe, the Kirghiz light sequence. But that concerns what was vanquished, rather than what could have been.
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> Laura
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> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 10:55 PM, jody2.718 <jody2.718 at protonmail.com> wrote:
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>> Don't have either text at hand, but thinking, on the eve of this 4th of July, about the descriptions of Mason & Dixon's perception of America at first blush- the deer, innocently blinking from the banks- the whole amazing unspoiled vastness of pre-american America,,,
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>> and the wistful descriptions in Bleeding Edge-  the undefined potential of The Net before it fell prey to all that it has become since its first early connections- like the glistening "nerve lines" of the ice-coated tree just outside the comfy drawing room of Advent Philadelphia- the Rev'd revving up to his tale...
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>> Is it "too late" ? Could it ever have been any different? Was it all inevitable? Do parallel lines intersect?  Que sera....
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>> Happy secular holiday,  jody
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