Six year coma

[grip at speakeasy.net]

Hello,

grip at netcom.com fell into a deep sleep in early 1997 but has now awakened as 
grip at speakeasy.net. Anyone still around from those halcyon days before M&D?
Steelhead? Bonnie? Andrew? 

I think I will forgo the pleasure of trying to catch up with 6+ years of 
Pynchonada and just hangout to see what, if anything, is going on. I do admit 
that I am curious about the discussions I missed on M&D but since I could never 
get through the damned book, maybe it's just as well.

So why did I return, someone might be curious to know. I suppose it's because
last night I was struck by a feeling that what I was reading was heavily 
influenced by TRP; The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. Has anyone else read 
this? I found it interesting that the usual list of critical reviews on the 
back includes, "Rubbish!" and "There's nothing to force you, having been 
warned, to read it; nor do I recommend it" by The Times (London) and The 
Scotsman, respectively.

Lawrence, who used to sign off as "grip"