antw. Re: Vineland mediocre?

[Monica Belevan]

I think Vineland is a sort of foreword the rediscovery of tenderness in M&D. 
There is a shift in Pynchon´s leverage, he seems, in fact, more concerned 
with transmission of sentiment than with execution of craftsmanship.

In music, the finest execution is that which permits a full and nervous 
transferrence of emotion--lucklessly, Pynchon does not attain this effect 
homogenously throught the novel, and it comes through as being an irregular 
work. As is, in many ways, COL49.

However, Vineland sets a precedent in amplyfing Pynchon´s scope, in 
anchoring a separate maturity that is consummated to near-perfection in M&D.

All that said, I prefer GR and V.

Immature me? Possibly, yes.
´´ Puerile´´, Doug chugs.

--Moni

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