The State of the P-List (part 2)

[Tim Strzechowski]

And allowing it to "play out" and "happen" is likewise a reasonable approach.  Agreed.  But please recall that when Quail says, 

"I for one feel no obligation to continually link Pale Fire to Pynchon during this reading" and "To believe that we have to labor to make arbitrary connections to Pynchon in order to please a vocal minority is misguided" and "Policing the discussion so that all Pale Fire and Nabokov discussions connect directly to Pynchon is a limitation that defuses any real freedom of communication" and "please stop wasting bandwidth by insisting on the necessity for a VN/TP connection," 

these statements are a far cry from a reasonable approach at synthesis of author discussion.  And his statements are kind of what ignited this whole bruhaha. And, as was mentioned earlier, I don't recall anyone demanding/requesting particular "quotas of Pynchon-related material" ... but maybe I'm forgetting something.  Please cite an archive link, and I'll happily eat my words.

But yes, I agree with you, malignd.  Let it "play out."  And I hope it does.

Tired of this thread and choosing to move on, I remain,

Respectfully,

Tim S.


  From: MalignD at aol.com 
  This is wholly sane and reasonable, but misses at least a point.  I think everyone who is enthusiastic about the PF read agrees.  But it has to be allowed to play out.  There are numerous people warring against it as inappropriate (some claiming otherwise). But there is nothing to come of this if the reading isn't alllowed merely to be.  Connections will come. We're talking about a complex work of art and we're just beginning.  Asking for quotas of Pynchon-related material is the work of very small minds and they should be ignored.  

  There is nothing in the PF read that can hurt this list.  That it can help the list has already been demonstrated. 
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