PYNCHON IN PULSE

[chris sweet]

Steelhead wrote:
> 
> Obviously, Pynchon has no need to prove he can write a great novel. He's
> already written three of them. And if he can submit crap like Vineland,
> reap huge advances, have it land on the bestseller list (of all places), so
> much the better for him. Hell, he deserves that and more. But do you really
> believe that if you or me or even somebody like, say, the neglected Steve
> Erickson or the awesome Tom Maddox (though Maddox--who seems to labor along
> at Pynchonian speed--would never turn loose for public scrutiny anything as
> sloppily written as Vl) had packaged Vineland up in a grocery bag and sent

To go a little off topic for a sec, since you mentioned Erickson....I love his
stuff...I think he is one of the best writers we have. But his latest novel
is one of the worst pieces of junk I have ever read. Its the only book I have
ever returned to the bookstore. I was talking with someone else on the list
about this book and that person said they ripped the book in half.

Heres hoping he writes another "Leap Year" this year.

chris