Television Vs. Reading

[hb]

A good essay on the topic of TV vs. Fiction and the convergence
of their roles in society
is David Foster Wallace's _E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction_
from his last collection _A Supposedly Fun Thing..._
in case ya'll have not read it,
it is right up those peoples alley that have been
battling it out over the television
and reading debacle.
He mentions Pynchon a lot,
as well as others of this lists faves,
such as DeLillo and Gaddis.
The essay is a bit dated (from 1990),
yet still very pertinent and ensightful.
For what it's worth,
hb