T. Rug Pynchon = L. Ron Hubbard

[Brecher_Keith/mskcc_Neurology at mskmail]

     Hopelessly?
     
     I don't disagree with you, Doug, that Pynchon ushers his readers 
     deeper into mystery. In fact, my point is that while he did much 
     effective ushering in his work through GR, his latest masterpieces 
     have been abject failures in this regard (and many others, too).
     
     Among those few writers ushering us deeper into the mystery, I wonder 
     whether you'd include L. Ron Hubbard. His novel BATTLEFIELD EARTH is 
     even longer than M&D and received similar dogmatic and uncritical 
     consideration from his disciples.


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Subject: Re: The Embattled Keith Strikes Back!
Author:  millison (millison at online-journalist.com) at Internet
Date:    9/10/97 8:13 PM


Your anti-Pynchon rant remains hopelessly vague and bilious, in the face of 
multimegabytes of Pynchon-L  archives overflowing with detailed reasons why 
some of us enjoy, study, and discuss Pynchon's works, including M&D. I'll 
restrain myself from sending an SASE and make a brief response to the heart 
of your complaint.
     
At 11:27 PM 9/9/97, Brecher_Keith/mskcc_Neurology at mskmail.mskcc.org wrote: 
>TRP stops at the very threshold of revelation
     
Very few writers usher us any deeper into the mystery, nor can they. The 
only literature I know of that doesn't stop at that point is, quite 
literally, scripture; even then, getting any deeper seems to require 
serious intent on the reader's part, and grace.
     
Good luck,
Doug
     
     
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