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[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Hey, Murthy--can we set up pynchon-l so that every post has an icon of
a woman perched languidly over a chair, book on knee, with the motto:
 *People Read Pynchon to Feel Smart*
underneath?


john (really reassured to learn at last why I read Pynchon) m
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>  perfect for women who spend their whole day
>  draped languidly over a chair at the Museum of
>  Modern Art's cafe with a book perched on their
>  knees."

>  Although Cathy Melnicki, the publicist at
>  Holt, describes Mason & Dixon as "a really
>  accessible, kind of familiar,
>  two-guys-go-into-the woods story", she was
>  careful to emphasise that "reading Pynchon
>  makes people feel smart".