Pynchon mention

prozak at anus.com prozak at anus.com
Tue Feb 4 22:31:11 CST 2003


> 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. 

Agreed (no to semantic trifles). I used the word cyberfiction to 
write about the sanitized version of science fiction which focuses on 
network theory and politics, formerly called "cyberpunk."

> Faulkner,
> however, is pure passion.  *Light in August* is the epitomy of southern gothic.

Yes. Probably the best American writer so far, in my view.

>  But remember, I alos love Flannery O'Conner, especislly *Wise Blood.*

What about K.A. Porter and Donna Tartt?

cheers

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