tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post5568950167161651008..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Inherent Vice (2009)Russell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-90117507438650312202011-01-27T17:17:07.151+11:002011-01-27T17:17:07.151+11:00Discovering Doc Sportello's hidden depths as t...Discovering Doc Sportello's hidden depths as the plot twisted about was a real pleasure, and not an experience I'd expected for reading a Pynchon novel. The Pynchon characters who come to mind as "audacious, resourceful, and gritty" — DL Chastain in <i>Vineland,</i> say — seem to be established that way more or less from the start. The arc of Doc going up against the Golden Fang is more or less the opposite of Oedipa's character trajectory when she tangles with the Trystero.Blake Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977394981287067289noreply@blogger.com