another rave

Ted Samsel tejas at infi.net
Mon Apr 28 05:46:45 CDT 1997


Paul Mackin sez:
> 
> Another rave review for M&D in the Washington Post Book World.
> Gives more of an idea of the book than any other review so far
> almost to the extent of spoiler-dom. Also there was kind of a
> slam at certain younger folks (the reviewer must have been an old
> guy):"Still, I doubt that Mason & Dixon will attract the computer 
> freaks, science fiction fans and Gen-Xers who look upon Gravity's
> Rainbow as a kind of modern Scripture (as little read, I suspect, 
> as the ancient one). In truth, the novel will probably appeal most
> to the people who first celebrated Pynchon, the 60s generation 
> that is now entering its own late middle age." 

Then there is a "god"? (;-)

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net 
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         and chifaffa on the side...."



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