"Difficult"?

[David Casseres]

Greg sez

>...I've had the feeling, of late, that everyone from the whining,
>carping reviewers to many of the folks on this list seem to find reading his
>books REALLY TOUGH GOING...
>
>Am I the only one who takes exception to this?

No!

>I mean, I've always read FOR PLEASURE, first and foremost....

Me too, and that's why I read Pynchon.

>...I have never looked up from a Pynchon novel & thought "This is HARD!"

Well, from time to time there is something that brings out a healthy 
sweat.  But that's half the fun, and it certainly doesn't happen often 
enough to make me lose interest.


Cheers,
David