Pynchon on Orwell

Just a brief note, for those of you still bothering to drop by, drawing your attention to this extract [Update 30-06-03: That link is dead, try here], published in the Grauniad, from Thomas Pynchon's introduction to a new edition of 1984. An excellent piece, sez I. Those interested in Orwell (or prefaces) might wish also to stroll by this page from my li'l ol' pre-blog website, if you haven't already. (Mirror here if the other one is down.)