Pynchon mention

[David Morris]

--- prozak at anus.com wrote:
> 
> > > It seems to me that the lineage of cyberfiction is:
> > > 
> > > Joyce
> > > Burroughs
> > > Pynchon
> > > Gibson
>>
> > Pardon my objection,  but Gibson, decent writer of a particular genre of
Science Fiction that he is, does not belong in a list with these other three. 
He's just not that good, nor as ground-breakingly original.
> 
> in the essence of what you're saying, i agree - and feel the same way about
including a philosophical dilettante like james joyce next to william faulkner.
but cyberfiction isn't really literature; it's more of a pop culture dimension
that borrows from literature.

I really didn't mean to respond to a "cyberfiction" category of fiction.  I
really don't know what that means, and I'm not sure it's woth arguing about.  I
don't think that genre has proven to be worth a category, or that category a
genre, or... whatever.

I'm not sure about your Joyce criticism, but I think I know what you're getting
at.  But before I respond I'll let you make your own argument.  Faulkner,
however, is pure passion.  *Light in August* is the epitomy of southern gothic.
 But remember, I alos love Flannery O'Conner, especislly *Wise Blood.*

David Morris

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