JS

[Doug Millison]

I again freely admit that I believe a person can't say enough good 
things about Pynchon's writing. Any faults or flaws or shortcomings 
that might be said to exist in his work pale in comparison to the 
power and genius of his prose.  I don't think the recognition of his 
towering achievement has stopped critics from examining and 
discussing his work in detail, either, and it certainly hasn't 
stopped some critics -- especially of the lightweight magazine and 
newspaper book reviewer tribe -- from trashing his work altogether. 
Pynchon-L, quite naturally I think, is a gathering place for people 
who love Pynchon, so I don't think it's unnatural to find that many 
of us regard his writing quite highly.

Please forgive me for confusing your earlier statements about 
hagiography on the P-list; now that you remind me, I realize that I 
am mistaken in what you earlier called "hagiographic."

On another subject, do I remember correctly that Malign was the one 
to point out  echoes of Dickens in the very early innings of the 
current GRGR?  I know Terrance has talked about this, too. In any 
event, one of the articles (I forget which) in the current Pynchon 
Notes issue observes that the connections between the works of 
Dickens and Pynchon have been little recognized.  I was pleased to 
remember that we had discussed quite a bit about that right here on 
Pynchon-L.


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