newbie alert

[calbert at hslboxmaster.com]

I have it on good authority that Steve and Dave favor hair shirts and 
high humidity...assuming that you don't savor heat rash, stick with 
your hunch....though I started with V - knowing nothing about p, I 
would recommend you do so with either COL49 or 
Vineland...............then detour to WARLOCK (Oakley Hall), before 
throwing yourself against GR......

love,
cfa


> Couldn't agree more with David here.  Life is uncertain, have desert
> first.
> 
> Steve Maas
> 
> From: Trev
> >Having trawled the web and done a little reading around I am coming
> >to the conclusion that the place to start my initiation to his works
> >should be the 'easier' read 'Crying of Lot 49'.  Just want a simple
> >yes or no as to whether people think this is the best place to start?
> 
> From: David Morris
> >I suggest from personal experience that you start with his best, 
> > >_Gravity's Rainbow_.  It's were I started, and its the best one,
> >so why delay the best experience?  Pynchon is not hard to read,
> >only hard to synthesize.  But for the first time you should focus on
> >the fun, the sensual, and on whatever catches your fancy.  Don't try
> >to maintain the control of "understanding" as a true acid-head would
> >tell you.  Just let go and read it.
> 
> 
> 
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