slaggin' pynchon pre-Nobel

[Paul Mackin]

s~Z wrote:

>>>>The Gaddis people seem rather down on Franzen for the New Yorker
>>>>
>piece.<<<
>
>Steven Moore, who was ridiculed in the essay by Franzen, was quite positive
>about the piece.
>
>
Steven Moore is a good sport. Franzen was rather consdescending to Moore 
but not quite to the extent he was to other Gaddisites. Acknowledged 
that Moore's work was intelligent. For nonGaddis readers, Moore is to 
The Recognitions as Steven Weisenburger is to Gravity's Rainbow.  They 
bridge the gaps in  readers' background information without throwing in 
an excess amount of interpretation. Two extremely useful people I think.

P.