slaggin' pynchon pre-Nobel

[thomas kyhn rovsing hj=?ISO-8859-1?B?+A==?=rnet]

>>> > > I took up DeLillo because he, arguably, operates in TRP's backyard but
>> >is way beyond our man's league.
>> >Agreed.
> 
> I am very surprised that this statement above was not only not challenged by
> anyone here, but was seconded.  From the little I've read of DeLillo
> (Americana) I wouldn't agree that he's "way beyond our man's league."  I
> found him a bit boring.
> 
> David Morris

That calls for an explanation, surely. DeLillo¹s operating in the backyard¹s
what I agree with. The rest is my mistake. I¹ve read White Noise + The Names
and they¹re both disappointing. I don¹t know if Œboring¹ is the word I¹m
looking for. Rather, I think, they (those two novels) have a sort of forced
meaningfulness to them (which is how he manages to enter that backyard)
without any substance. And besides that they¹re just pretty ordinary.
Nothing to worry about.

Thomas