At the mountains of madness..

[jroca at gallonlaw.com]

Sojourner sez:

Thus, I
had the time and solitude to read such a magnus opus as GR.
I was struck instantly by this book, which I partly read due to the lunatic
praise of my batty friend.  The prose seemed dense, jungly, almost 
impossible
to comprehend.  The characters were developed and then dropped (aka 
Pirate).
In essence, it was not a very good "story".
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As a P-lister since '94, I think that one becomes somewhat jaded.  After 
all, notwithstanding the present downpour of threads regarding moderation, 
Jules (pro and con), gender unfriendliness, etc., I have learned quite a 
lot about Pynchon and his works during this time, much more than I ever 
would have had I just stuck to the critical literature.  And had a lot more 
fun at it too.

So, it's quite refreshing when something like Sojourner's comes 
along...reminds me why I am on this list in the first place, and helps me 
keep in perspective the the sense of awe when I first discovered TRP .
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If you do not know the meaning of something, ask.
If you want to know more about something, ask.
If there is any sort of comment you wish to make, make it.
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Maybe we just need a deluge of new subscribers to keep us honest here.

Let's do a little more sharing.  If this isn't a good idea in your
opinion, please let me know.
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Actually, I think this was done about a year ago...where many, many listers 
made their introductions?  It couldn't hurt to do it again.

Tribe