Books and Monkeys

[grip at netcom.com]

On Fri, 19 Jul 1996 LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU wrote:

> 
> Since we've been crossreferencing literature with TRP, I was
> reminded by the virus post of Maxine Hong Kingston's TRIPMASTER
> MONKEY, an extremely interesting book, grounded in the Oakland-
> Berkeley area and various chemical substances.  It struck me
> while reading it that she and Pynchon probably didn't influence
> each other, but that they had attended some of the same parties!
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 

I had a difficult time getting through the "Chinese" parts of this novel. 
I suspect it was because I was so enthralled with the main character's 
adventures I resented having to read the long "dramatic" parts. I 
wouldn't be surprised if they didn't have some common influences from the 
various influential substances floating around Northern California. I'm 
sorry they didn't influence me to the same degree! :)

grip