COL 49 and the information wars

[Mark Kohut]

I do think any overt paralleling is incorrect. A wrong reading. Pynchon is
too genius for that kind of reductionism.

Just as I told the  once-famous Plistwr and writer  with his narrow jfk
approach.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM Michael Lee Bailey via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> J Tracy wrote
>
> > I am now just beginning a section focusing more attention on JJ Angleton
> , but found it more than a little interesting in relation to COL 49 that
> among CIA colleagues the paranoid Angleton was often called “the postman”
> because of his illegal searches of US mail. Yea, THE POSTMAN . Not making
> that up.
>
> Yeah, but not the Potsmaster. (-;
>
> In CoL49, I like to focus on Oedipa’s efforts and thoughts whilst dealing
> with various Adfus (asshole(s) doing fucked-up shit) - that’s the main
> interest for me because of the human interest, the robust prose, and
> especially the humor.
>
> But to some extent (you’ve mentioned) for you those things are comic
> relief to the theme of the Adfus and their machinations.
>
> You haven’t changed my preferred focus, but I can’t say you’re wrong, and
> I appreciate your sharing info.
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