Gore's rosebud

[Craig Clark]

Niall Martin <nmartin at xs4all.nl> writes:

> Lets not forget Vidal's oh-so-clever use of Pynchon in his "satire" of the
> pomo American novel, _Duluth_ : "It's an obscure - even parochial -
> principle called Pynchon's false corollary. It seldom works outside a
> university literary lab." etc. etc.

Niall's corrected me on my quote here, nad reminded me that read in 
context it's not the affectionate tribute to TRP that I thought it 
might be. Morals of the story:

(1) Don't post to the list until you've read what everyone has had 
      to say on a subject, Craig! You end up with egg on your face...
(2) Don't post based on recollections of a book you read a decade 
     ago..

Yours in chagrin,

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"