Taking Pale Fire Elsewhere

Jasper Fidget jasper at hatguild.org
Wed Aug 13 13:24:10 CDT 2003


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of pynchonoid
> 
> --- Jasper Fidget <jasper at hatguild.org> wrote:
> 
> > I kind of liked Quail's idea of a Not-Pynchon-L.
> > There are so many great
> > books that are worth a discussion in this format by
> > ambitious readers, why
> > keep reading the same ones over and over?
> >
> 
> Until quite recently, Pynchon-L's focus has been on
> Pynchon, his works, criticism of his works, and other
> Pynchon-related topics.
> 
> There are also Internet groups dedicated to just about
> every author imaginable.  If there's not one focused
> on the author you want to read, it takes 5 minutes or
> so to set up a discussion list at Yahoo Groups.
> 
> 

Yeah but they mostly suck.  This group on Pynchon-L is by far the most
entertaining, active, and ambitious that I'm aware of.




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