Gaddis and Pynchon

[MalignD at aol.com]

keithz:

<<I believe that everything MalignD said about Pale Fire is also true of MD, 
with the notable exception that I did not find MD dazzling to read. >>

I'd call that a notable exception.  (And for those who expresed curiosity 
about Pale Fire, I think keith would agree that, despite the similarties he 
found, Pale Fire and M&D are wildly unalike.)

Millison:  

<< Pynchon / Faulkner
Pynchon / Roth

Apples  / Oranges >>

It depends entirely on the context in which the comparison is made.

<<Dismissing M&D because it doesn't live up to a reader's "expectations" says 
more about that reader than anything else.>>

What reader picks up and reads a book without expectation?