UMd Pynchon/DeLillo Class

[Roger McSharry]

In message Mon, 11 Sep 1995 23:01:21 -0400, <WKLJAZZ at aol.com>  writes:
>
> I'm sure I'm not the only thinking this:  despite the consdierations of
> time inherent in drawing up a semester reading list, assigning only part
> I of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW is the equivalent of telling someone to go to the
> theatre and walk out after watching only Act I of a play or, uh, maybe
> telling someone to get in the shower and only shampoo a quarter of their
> hair.  People will tell you that reading GR is a task, and they're right.
> But if you finish Part I, then you're ready to go all the way.  If you
> only read Part I, you really are missing the show, not to mention leaving
> yourself baffled.
>

  I fully agree.

  I read GR following "The Crying of Lot 49", with no recommendation and
  no warning of what it contained.....innocently.

  I have never had a greater literary experience, and in many ways divide my
  life into pre-GR and post-GR periods.

  Don't stop at part 1....read on even at the expense of some other topic.
  The rewards are there.

  (PS....sorry, folks...I'm new to the list, but have sought fellow Pynchon
   fans since 1977....glad to find you all!)
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Roger McSharry, M.D.                lej1rxm at lej10.med.navy.mil
Pulmonary/Critical Care             Naval Hospital, Camp Lejeune, NC

"He's dead, Jim"   - Leonard "Bones" McCoy, M.D.