Puzzled

[Greg Montalbano]

Paul York sez:

>As far as I know, I am not one of the "incorrigible spirits" you refer 
>to (if I've blown any spoiler warnings it's probably just been a case of 
>my misunderstanding the procedure).  However, I do have to admit that I 
>find the necessity for these warnings a little curious. 

If nothing else, there's this:

There will be only ONE first time to read this book;  only one first time to
come crashing, full speed into one of the unbelievable puns;  to come, all
unexpected, from a fairly common (to Pynchon) comedic scene into a sudden
paragraph of such breathtaking beauty & sadness;  etc etc etc

To have these surprises and delights dissected and beaten into the ground
before you've had a chance to read them IN CONTEXT would be a crying shame.

And that's what the whole spoiler brouhaha is about.