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Thu Oct 3 18:28:02 CDT 2002


on 10/3/02 2:48 PM, Dave Monroe at davidmmonroe at yahoo.com wrote:

> While the introduction I think is at LEAST as
> interesting as the short stories, I would not object
> to shortshrifting it at the beginning, maybe blowing
> throw it in double time, as it will undoubtedly keep
> returning to haunt subsequent readings, as it now
> haunts every reading of those Pynchonian texts.
> Besides, I've already noted a few things to annotate,
> so ...
> 
> --- Samuel Moyer <smoyer at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>> and if we do SL, couldn't we skip the intro
>> since it corresponds to the texts...
> 
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I think the intro is worth discussing. Not only is it Pynchon on Pynchon,
but there's some pretty cool humor in it too. It's fun stuff and really
short, so....... Just a thought.

Joe




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