Koopman? Pynchon

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Well, it strikes me that Koopman must spend a LOT of time composing his 
ditties. Unlike the recent parody of Koopmanism, I find hints of cleverness 
in his posts. If I'm not in the mood, my reader has a _Del Next_ button. In 
the wink of an eye, it's gone. Someone decried his posts as "mindless 
Finneganisms", if memory serves. Surely this is an oxymoron, unless you're 
dismissing the _Wake_ as mindless?

On topic: Reading _Vineland_ I was reminded constantly of William Gibson's 
_Virtual Light_. Gibson is no Pynchon (whatever you choose that to mean) but 
very much of the setting and development seemed similar. I must confess - 
_Virtual Light_ was my first experience reading a complete novel from a 
computer screen. I purchased something called an "Expanded Book" and played 
it back, so to speak, on a Mac. I wouldn't recommend it.

Of course, the Gibson book was published sufficienly later than _Vineland_ 
for the influence to have flowed from the greater writer to the lesser... 
(*dodging bricks from Gibson partisans*).