tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post3228042400475121291..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Quick catch-up on what's going onRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-10184383186650908982010-12-07T13:46:38.877+11:002010-12-07T13:46:38.877+11:00Inherent Vice seemed to me the most genial and, da...<i>Inherent Vice</i> seemed to me the most genial and, dare I say, <i>optimistic</i> of Pynchon's novels. The dehumanized digital machines of <i>TCL49</i> and the Grid of <i>Gravity's Rainbow</i> have become ARPA's proto-Internet, a tool which works for the good guys at least some of the time.Blake Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977394981287067289noreply@blogger.com