<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Yeah, it's definitely more of a people caught up in mass events kind of deal. Less so end zone which is more tongue in cheek even than the rest of his stuff.<br><br></div><div>Love the interview where DD talks about reading the paper and, seeing the pairing of the two headlines, concludes immediately that they're inextricably, arcanely linked with one another. I like to think this happens to him about a hundred times a day</div><div><br>On Aug 27, 2015, at 5:11 PM, Erik Burns <<a href="mailto:eburns@gmail.com">eburns@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It's about baseball, but it's really about so much more than that. DeLillo knows how to squeeze sports for full value (see also End Zone and Amazons, not to mention the stadium wedding scene in Mao II)<br><br>Now I want to read Underworld again!<br><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">‎8/‎27/‎2015 22:02</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:jbloocher@gmail.com">Jemmy Bloocher</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Cc: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:joeallonby@gmail.com">Joe Allonby</a>; <a href="mailto:pynchon-l@waste.org">pynchon -l</a>; <a href="mailto:mark.kohut@gmail.com">Mark Kohut</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re:</span><br><br></div>Based on everyone's feedback, I'm ready to give it a try. Didn't know about the prologue vs body of book. Thanks, all.<br><br>Laura<br>-----Original Message-----<br><br>From: Jemmy Bloocher <br><br>Sent: Aug 27, 2015 4:31 PM<br><br>To: <a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a><br><br>Cc: Joe Allonby , pynchon -l , Mark Kohut <br><br>Subject: Re:<br><br><br><br>That pretty much sums up my reaction to sports of all kinds, yet I enjoyed Underworld (on the second attempt) so you never know...<br>On 27 Aug 2015 17:43, "<a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:kelber@mindspring.com">kelber@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<br>I don't like baseball. Pretty much any sport bores the shit out of me. Should I attempt Underworld?<br>Laura<br><br>Mark Kohut <<a href="mailto:mark.kohut@gmail.com">mark.kohut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>I do not seem to see as much attention to it as a Great book compared<br>to many others, even Delillo's others.<br><br>On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Joe Allonby <<a href="mailto:joeallonby@gmail.com">joeallonby@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I read it when it was first published. I enjoyed it, but then again I like<br>> baseball.<br>><br>> Now that I think about it, it is one of the few books that I have initially<br>> thought great that I have never reread.<br>><br>><br>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:12 AM, Mark Kohut <<a href="mailto:mark.kohut@gmail.com">mark.kohut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> Melissa Harrison â€@M_Z_Harrison 12m12 minutes ago<br>>><br>>> Rachel Kushner’s Guardian piece on DeLillo’s UNDERWORLD makes me<br>>> wonder if I should have another (third) go at reading the bastard.<br>>> -<br>>> Pynchon-l / <a href="http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l">http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l</a><br>><br>><br>-<br>Pynchon-l / <a href="http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l">http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l</a><br>-<br>Pynchon-l / <a href="http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=nchon-l">http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=nchon-l</a><br></div></blockquote></body></html>