The State of the P-List (part 1)

[Tim Strzechowski]

Apparently this was too big to send in one post earlier today.  Hence, two posts:


>> Yes it is.  And I'm beginning to go back and "stand by my earlier assertion"
that those who initiated the horserace vote for VL Vs. PF were really only
intent on derailing the fledgling stirrings of a PF read.  Now that we've begun
so swimmingly their insecurities are kicking into high gear.

David Morris

[and in another post]

>> It seems that's what they'd like to happen.  Don't let the terrorists win...

DM


P-listers --

If these two comments weren't so laughably off target, I might actually think there was truth to them.  For as much as both of these comments perhaps reveal a bit more of their author's *own* insecurities (and remember, he accused *me* of "successfully derailing" the PF read, sometime around the same day I signed up to host Canto 3), they lack substantiation.  No one to my knowledge (other than Quail's exasperated comment yesterday about wanting to abandon the whole PF project) has tried to "derail the fledgling stirrings of a PF read."  What has been addressed, much to the chagrin of a few listers, is whether or not said PF read should seek to *make connections with the works of Pynchon*, and that, Morris, is the issue. Let's keep the issue focussed properly.

Of course, some people seemingly forget that when the notion of reading PF was first brought up, there were many who noted that linking it with Pynchon would be preferable, if not unavoidable, to wit:

Otto: "Reading Pale Fire together doesn't mean that there will be no talk about Pynchon."
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0306&msg=81143&sort=date

And Keith's response: "Exactly."
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0306&msg=81147&sort=date

Paul Mackin: "There will be no diversion from Pynchon. It will be impossible to keep Pynchon out of a discussion of Pale Fire."
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0306&msg=81504&sort=date
 
Michael Joseph: "I think that by simultaneously reading "Vineland" we are setting up a reciprocal dynamic that will make both readings more creative and exciting in ways that will intensify our understanding of the writings of Thomas Pynchon."
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0306&msg=81512&sort=date

Don Corathers: "[...] there are certain resonances between Pale Fire and what we do here. [...]"
http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0306&msg=81500&sort=date

And there are others in the archives.  You can seek it out yourselves.  Five's my limit.


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