What?

[Craig Clark]

Richard Romeo (W)Rites:
> Another book I picked but haven't finished is _Love and Sleep_ by John 
> Crowley.  A character named Pierce fancies himself a member (from birth) 
> of an invisible secret society interested in alchemy and twisting history 
> (or unveiling the gauze from what non-members would call history) so as 
> to speak with angels, transform the world, you know those types.  Lots of 
> references to Bruno and John Dee but the first hundred pages are pretty 
> slow going and I gave up.  Book flap called Crowley the next Cormac 
> McCarthy--god knows why.

I only know Crowley's early SF novels, but they are pretty 
impressive. Another SF author whose work may appeal to a Pynchon 
enthusiast is James Blaylock.


Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
on suicide."
   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"