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[prozak at anus.com]

> I think he's being purposely idiotic, or at least
> challenging the usual sheep to wake up and
> acknowledge that the introductiion is a mockery
> of his critics. But it's very slick. If you can't see
> the highly imaginative aspects of these early works-
> which are all finely polished and perfected in V. and
> GR- you will not appreciate that the intro is a hoot.
> 
> Pynchon is far from idiotic. If it's all in my imagination,
> so be it. Call it an idiot's delight. My pleasure will be
> none-the-worse for it.

Pynchon is like a genius interpretation of a USENET troll: his job is 
to present ambiguity as both fascinating and threatening, stimulating 
the independent thinking capacities of the organism.

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