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David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 9 16:06:04 CDT 2002


I read COL49 after GR and found it OK... but a little flat.  If I had read 
it first I might have passed by GR.  V was much more fun for my taste, and 
maybe a better example of a style that is later expanded in GR.  GR is 
thick, but not tedious at all.  I often found myself laughing out loud.  
Some of the extra-long sentences may require one to go back and re-read from 
time to time, but it's much easier to follow than Ulysses...

As for hair-shirts in the humidity, I much prefer vodka and soda in the pool 
to augment my reading.

David Morris

>From: calbert at hslboxmaster.co
>
But if I want to make a P fan for life - I don't think I would risk going 
there first. The joys it evokes are not absent in COL49 or V, only the depth 
of the detail.....

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