>From: slothenvypride <slothenvypride7 at yahoo.com>
>
>I agree with Monroe and others: first, bring the current MDDM to a 
>satisfying conclusion. Those of you who've worked hard at it deserve that 
>much.
>But we can sure begin figuring out what to read next.  Seems with all the 
>titles and names being dropped, it may take a while to reach a decision 
>anyway.
>Assuming we read an author other than P

There are no rules here, and surely some other literature can be seen as 
very significantly related to Pynchon's, so PYNCHON-list or not, we should 
consider it.

some things to consider:
>1. Do we want an American author, or not?

I vote yes to this.

>2. Do we want a 20th Century author, or earlier?

I've already voted on this:  I think we should consider a "predecessor" of 
Pynchon's.

>3. Do we want a book of a particular length?

Shorter is better, especially considering how quickly many of those who've 
volunteered here in the past have faded away, leaving only a handful to 
actively drag a big book on for months.

Personally I'd rather read the _Confidence Man_ than SL, only because most 
would agree it's a more important book in the canon of American lit (and we 
all know TRP would second that opinion).  But I'd go along w/ SL too...

David Morris

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