The Crying of Lot 49: Chapter 1
Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast
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The Absurdity of Verarity
I think especially the I found like the uncle Sam description it's like very visceral and that seems to be kind of a caricature of America. In the 60s you know California was viewed as a type of like maybe like "the promised land" which still persists for some people today. So yeah I think you're spot on there because it does have that kind of you know especially if you're looking at it from the the hippie you know counterculture of the 60s and early 70s as compared to now. They kind of duality between that and how Hollywood operates now as a business well what did you what did you thinkYeah I do think it's a it's a good introduction
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