TRP and the Science Fiction Connection

[Vincent J Varo]

On Tue, 1 Aug 1995 WKLJAZZ at aol.com wrote:

> 
> {Example:  The 1992 SF novel SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson was compared to
> Pynchon's work by at least (?) three reviewers quoted on the paperback's back
> and inside covers -- "a Thomas Pynchon novel with the brakes removed"; a
> cross between NEUROMANCER and Thomas Pynchon's VINELAND"; and "NEUROMANCER
> meets VINELAND."  It's a darn fun and entertaining piece of SF in my opinion
> and it's heroine, a 15 year-old, smart-talking, streetwise, California
> skateboard messenger is notably Prairie-esque but -- knock VINELAND all you
> want -- SNOW CRASH isn't even a freckle on the pinky toe of TRP's latest.}
> 

Personally, I just recently read _Snow Crash_ and for the life of me, I 
just don't see where they come up with the comparison to Pynchon.

Joe Varo