NPPF -- no need to relate to Pynchon . . . .?

[pynchonoid]

--- The Great Quail <quail at libyrinth.com> wrote:
> we might as well
> abandon the fucking read.

Or, eschewing histrionics, you could follow jbor's
fine example -- his recent post that compares and
contrasts the epigraphs of Pale Fire and Vineland. In
his own inimitable style, Terrance has also been
discussing the two authors and their works. You can
compare two authors, two books, if you want to do it. 
It's not particularly easy (unless you want to remain
at the fqmorris level of literary discourse), but it's
not impossible either.

Blaming Tim or myself is pretty lame -- a lot of
people wondered, and continue to do so, at the wisdom
of discussing a Nabokov novel on th P-list, and many
signed up to discuss Vineland (more than Pale Fire, if
I remember correctly).  I think everybody will enjoy a
reading of Pale Fire that tries to make itself
specifically relevant to our reading of Pynchon; I
know that I will.

I agree 100 percent that a discussion Pale Fire
designed to help understand Pynchon better is a great
idea, davemarc offered some fine advice along those
lines.  Along with quite a few others, I just wonder
when that's going to start;  contributions from jbor
and Terrance excepted, this Pale Fire reading shows no
sign of making any effort to bring Pynchon into the
picture, and the most outspoken defenders of this
project (Quail, Keith, etc.) continue to insist that
there's no need to do anything special to bring
Pynchon into the discussion. 

Having seen the light about the need for Pynchon
relevance in our posts -- thanks in part to the
well-intentioned hectoring from yourself and some
other upstanding burghers of Pynchonville  -- I'm just
doing what I can to help move the discussion in that
direction. I've also learned a lot from watching Keith
tease and prod and prick one balloon after another,
noting all the wonderful feelings of camaraderie and
friendship that his playful approach has engendered in
our little online community, and I've been quite
surprised to see how touchy he is when others tease
him a little. Maybe he's just having a tough day, and,
if so -- hang in there, Keith, this too shall pass.







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