Nathan’s Comments (group member since Aug 09, 2009)

Nathan’s comments from the Thomas Pynchon group.

On that note, can anyone name a film, TV series, or other form of yesterday's pop culture media featuring a young American woman becoming a deadly ninja for hire?

I'm only on page 136 of Vineland, so no spoilers please!

Anyway, I'm noticing a lot of similarities in Vineland between the character of DL and "The Bride" from Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films. I can't dig up any comments from Tarantino on Pynchon. Anyone heard otherwise? Is this just coincidence, or do you think Vineland was a definite influence for Tarantino?