Letter Writers Alliance Book Club discussion

The online discussion for 'The Crying of Lot 49' is Sunday the 16th! You can participate via chat when we go live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3N...

I'll post some discussion questions soon, but please feel free to comment with any questions or thoughts on the book.

Discussion questions:

1. In searching for Tristero Oedipa goes through many adventures/mazes (bars, buildings, San Francisco, under a freeway). Which was your favorite adventure?

2. What do you think of the secret W.A.S.T.E. mail system?

3. How did technology play a part in the book (TV, telephone, radio, etc.)? How does that technology play against the grassroots effort of the W.A.S.T.E. mail system?

4. Pynchon includes a lot of social "outcasts" in this story. How do you think he would portray these outcasts if the book was written today?

5. What were your thoughts about the stamp collector and how the muted horn on the stamp played into the story?

Feel free to add your thoughts on these questions or your own ponderings below.

Sitting up late reading this right now. With a couple of days over Easter and the time difference from Australia, I should be good to go for the discussion.