lineland-l at waste.why?

[Stephen Croes]

So neither Dale nor Jules has read much Pynchon and this list is devoting
its time to discussing them.  Are these guys the Handmaidens of Endtimes?

>This is a really wierd phenomenon that I don't yet understand.  I admit in
>the Preface to Lineland that before Jules approached me, I didn't know who
>the hell TRP was.  (Of course, I've since become interested in reading
>Pynchon, but have only make it through COL49 so far.) The name sounded
>vaugely familiar, but I just couldn't place it.  I can't think of any other
>authors who can have a 200,000 copy first print run for whom this could
>possibly be the case -- I at least know they're an author, even if I
>haven't read them.
>
>I thought at first maybe it was just a wierd hole in my brain.  I've
>since talked to plenty of people who are well read and generally aware
>who have the same hole -- they just don't know about Pynchon's work.
>
>What's with this?
>
>dale