>>25306236
It is undeniably a product of the 60s but also American culture really hasn't changed much since then despite what anyone may try to tell you

>Oedipa settled back to await the Crying of Lot 49 now a major motion picture only on Netflix!

Stopped reading there

>>25306236
Wait till you get to GR

>>25306451
I can't believe it's 2026 and we still have auctions!!

>>25306246
America still has the same 2 political parties as it did back then. And one party is still crying about "commies".

>>25308352
and the other, about “fascists”

>>25306236
Never read Pynchon because of how ugly he is

>>25306236
obviously the references to the beatles and john birch society show what time period it's set in, but yeah it's central theme holds up very well, sort of acknowledging how conspiracy theorists can very often get off base but the fact that they exist says something deeply sinister about whatever system americans live under.

don delillo is a similar case of a writer who is clearly set in a certain time but is still prescient. libra and underworld are both cold war books but honestly have probably aged better and better with time.

also i recommend pkd's a scanner darkly to anyone skeptical about the weed renaissance/survelliance state we're living in