This was a great review, thanks for posting! I’ve been working my way through Pynchon’s works (currently in the middle of my last one, Against the Day) , and this was one of my favorite reads from last year. I agree with what you said about how both Mason and Dixon come to realize that they are in the heart of the beginning of America’s colonialist tendencies (and consequences thereafter). One of my favorite quotes comes straight from Mason’s mouth:
'Shall wise Doctors one day write History’s assessment of the Good resulting from this Line, vis-à-vis the not-so-good? I wonder which List will be longer.’
I also really enjoyed the surrealist aspects of the book: the flying mechanical duck, the talking dog, the journey to the center of the earth, and the mysticism of the American west, to name a few.
This was a great review, thanks for posting! I’ve been working my way through Pynchon’s works (currently in the middle of my last one, Against the Day) , and this was one of my favorite reads from last year. I agree with what you said about how both Mason and Dixon come to realize that they are in the heart of the beginning of America’s colonialist tendencies (and consequences thereafter). One of my favorite quotes comes straight from Mason’s mouth:
I also really enjoyed the surrealist aspects of the book: the flying mechanical duck, the talking dog, the journey to the center of the earth, and the mysticism of the American west, to name a few.
I wrote my own review on it my blog here: https://foggyreads.writeas.com/mason-and-dixon