Slate Review

[Meg Larson]

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> From: Tom Stanton <tstanton at nationalgeographic.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Slate Review
> Date: Tuesday, May 06, 1997 6:11 AM
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> At 09:36 PM 5/5/97 -0500, Sean Hoade wrote:
> >
> >Actually, I found the Slate review refreshing. 
> 
> It's derivative. I believe Gore Vidal made roughly the same point about
the 
> academics & authors like Pynchon & Barth many years ago. Vidal's point 
> was these books were made to be taught, not read and enjoyed. I'll try to

> find the essay. 
Please do, Tom, as we had this conversation on the list some time back; I'd
like to know why Vidal thinks this way.

A-and where can I get a job reviewing books I haven't read all the way
through?  What a gig!
Meg