P-List expertise needed

[Tom Stanton]

At 02:21 PM 3/31/97 -0800, RedBug wrote:
>[snip]I'm working [on] M&D promotion and we're putting together a webpage
for "Pynchon Newbies," i.e.,1st-time readers of TRP.
>
>I'd like to solicit your input as to what you tell people whom
>you've finally convinced to read Pynchon (particularly GR) as a sort of
>caveat, or what helpful advice you'd give to all these new people who will
>be considering reading M&D and how you'd allay their preconception of TRP's
>work as "difficult." 

This will sound disingenuous but I never found Pynchon as difficult as
his reputation. New readers should try leaving the hallowed-ness at the
door and just enjoy the ride first time out, and if they're smitten they'll
come back again (& again u.s.b). Keep a dictionary handy, and maybe
a desk encyclopedia if you get hooked.