Exhaustion (fwd)

[John Sutherland (S&T Onsite)]

"hugely narrower"

I like that.  I agree, even.

John

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>From:	hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu [SMTP:hankhank at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu]
>Sent:	Monday, December 09, 1996 10:17 AM
>To:	pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject:	Re: Exhaustion (fwd)
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>Grant White writes:
>At 13:17 7/12/96 -0700, Steelhead wrote:
>>> But for the past twenty years Barth's been the biggest bore on
>>>the eastern seaboard.
>
>>Oh alright already. I don't think Barth has any delusions of grandeur
>>about where he sits in the last twentysome years. Hasn't stopped him though.
>
>Look what I found last week. A suitable occasion to go (well, maybe not 
>that easy for you, Grant) and ask JB what he means by GR's "coldness";
>isn't it after all so that when it comes to both "cold" and "warm" colors, 
>Barth's spectrum has always been hugely narrower than Pynchon's?	
>
>Heikki
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