Gaddis and Pynchon

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>To say that Pynchon is--by some great measure--wittier, more skilled,
>more intelligent than Nabokov, Bellow, Roth, Garcia-Marquez, and others--is
>ignorant.

I haven't said any of these things, of course.

Who are you talking to, other than yourself and your straw man?
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He's responding to the poster you are defending:

"I have read thousands of books since I first read V. in 1965.  I have
sung the praises of many great contemporary authors to whoever would
listen.  But I have TO THIS DAY not found one living author who combines
the intelligence, wit, compassion and skill of Thomas Pynchon. I have not
found even one who comes close!"

                       --Toby