A simple Pynchon:Gaddis anal-o[r]gy

[the Robot Vegetable]

On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, R ed Bug wrote:

> >As much as we might all hate to admit it, M&D is not by any means a work
> >of genius
> 
> "We"?  Sorry, Jesper, but I've read the book a couple of times and think
> it's utterly amazing. I think the blazing colors of Gravity's Rainbow can
> blind a reader to the subtler shades in M&D. There's a *lot* there, and I
> think one might live with it for awhile before rendering judgment. 

    I've only read _M&D_ once, but it tops _GR_ for me. The issues
resonate a little closer to my soul.  I'll have to read them both
again (and again and again) and no doubt my feelings will shift,
but I don't think _M&D_ will lose anything.
    And, for what it's worth, I'm quite close to finishing _Infinite
Jest_ and it's not even in the same league.  Okay, but, geez, this
one doesn't deserve to be sputtered about in the company the cover
places it. (Pynchon, Gaddis, Joyce)
    _The Recognitions_ is the book at the top of my heavy hitter
list, once again because its issue are closer to my soul that _GR_.

    veg