The Crying of Lot 49: Chapter 1
Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
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Bordeaux De El Manto Terester: The Central Illusion of the Modern Hippie Movement
There's a thing I don't know if either of you are at all plugged into the modern hippie psychedelic culture at all but there is a a phrase and it's that psychedelics turn your mind into the world. Everything you experience and think about gets integrated into your perception in every other way too, says Pinchon. The choice of Bordeaux de el Manto Terester as the central illusion of the novel because it is a bunch of girls with very emotional faces staring out into a landscape which they've all createdthat they're making right.
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