CoL49 Current Events

[J K Van Nort]

My point about current events around the time Pynchon writes a particular book has to do with that event's impact on his thinking. After working for Boeing, he must have grasped the MIC's increasing power, acknowledged by Eisenhower, confronted by JFK, and aligned with LBJ. Kubrick released Dr. Strangelove in January of 1964, so these ideas are around and part of the zeitgeist.

In solidarity,
James


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