Just finished GR....

[Phil Wise]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at hotmail.com>
To: <barbara100 at jps.net>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: Just finished GR....


>
> >From: <barbara100 at jps.net>
> >That's funny, I was disappointed all the way up until the end.
>
> That's funny.  I laughed and awed my way all the way through it.  But I
> admit at the end I was confused as to what it was I had just read.  That's
> why I read it again about two years later, and then again about four years
> later,  and then again about three yeras later.  The last one was w/ the
> last GRGR on this list.
>
> >From: Andrew Wheeler <andrew_remote at hotmail.com>> > Well, I just finished
> >GR today, and, I must admit, it was kindof a letdown.  I felt ripped off
> >(Ripov?) by the ending: in particular, from Slothrop's disintegration,
and
> >the "payload" of Rocket 00000.
>
> Try waiting a while.  Then read it again.

Good advice.  I found that it didn't really come together to me until about
the third go through.  The first couple of times were more fragmentary,
although highly entertaining and awe-inspiring.  The other trick is to
accept that some loose ends simply will not be tied off - that the book at
some level is about the limits and desirability (or not) of closure.

Anyway, may you all enjoy the festivus of your inclination...  I hope to see
everyone back safe and well in the new year

Phil
>
> David Morris
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