NN Re: Temperance Pledge

[Tim Strzechowski]

I agree 100%, Paul -- and I wish a few more people had piped in with
contributions to the reliable/pov discussion.  But I think that's only
testament to the wealth of topics _Vineland_ will generate once the group
read proper begins. Ne'ertheless, a few VL-related topics are still on the
table (reruns, TV).

As to your other point, "secondary" in this sense:

"As far as we're concerned, pretty much any Pynchon-related topic is OK on
this list, from Pynchon apocrypha through light discussion of our favourite
passages, to litcrit as heavy as you want."
http://waste.org/pynchon-l/

I don't see any problem with discussing any authors, critics, films, music,
whatever -- but the intent, to my knowledge, is that it's all intended to be
examined in light of Pynchon and his works (see above).  Consequently,
Vincent A. Maeder's structuring the Nabokov group read to explore N's
influences on P is certainly acceptable, given the definition of this list,
and I'm quite excited to see how it pans out.  But we're not the Nabokov
List.  That's what I meant by secondary.  "Secondary" in relation to the
intentions of the List owners.


> Secondary in what sense? I know you don't believe the p-list is merely a
> Pynchon fan club. All loyalty to the King. Personally I believe that one
> can appreciate and understand an author better in relation to other
> authors of comparable talent. Wasn't that demonstrated in the unreliable
> author/point of view discussion? Seems to me discussion of Pynchon
> improved for about two weeks, then kind of petered out. (probably from
> blazing too brightly).
>