(Fwd) Re: SLSL Intro "A Couple-Three Bonzos"

[David Morris]

--- davemarc <davemarc at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> On the other hand, it seems to me that he did try to work harder on Ear,
character, etc. in his post-1984 fiction.

Well I remember after reading V, for the first time thinking how much I liked
it, second only to GR.  But when I last read it with the list, following the
GRGR, I noted how less "mature" it felt compared to GR.  For me the characters
in GR are compelling (but V. feels more contrived, less "real," although I know
its not supposed to be "realistic")).  A guess at one level the whole book (GR)
has its cartoonishness, but the stories and the characters kept me very much
interested, and I never felt they needed more fleshing out.

And I remain unconvinced about Vineland's greatness.

David Morris



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