Leslie Fielder wimps out

[Richard Romeo]

kind've of an odd dis re: pynchon, but his view on
delillo is quite understandable and similar sentiments
have been noted on this list.

Rich

--- Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com> wrote:
> From an interview in today's Salon:
> 
> Q: How about Pynchon? 
> 
> "I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him
> very much when I first
> read him. I liked him less with each book. He got
> denser and more complex
> in a way that didn't really pay off.  You had to
> work twice as hard for
> half as many returns."
> 
> Q: How about Don DeLillo? 
> 
> "I don't really like his writing much. He does many
> different things. In
> some ways, he never seems committed to me to what he
> is writing. Very
> nice surfaces, but he's got nothing underneath. I
> keep feeling I'm unfair
> to him. I talk to many people, and he's one of the
> few contemporary
> novelists who still has enthusiastic followers. "
> 
>
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