M&D and Journalism

[Penny Padgett]

Hi all,

davemarc writes about the NY Observer article:

>The article looks to me like it's actually a pr coup for the pr department
>of Holt, making it look a lot cleverer than it really was in this case. 

I think this is spot on.  

>But
>I'm disappointed at how many of these "literati" feel it necessary to call
>Pynchon appreciators "nuts" and whine away about the complexity and bulk of
>his writing ...

The more review words you expend on such stuff, the fewer you have to
write about the actual book.  It's laziness admixed with peevishness.

Penny