antw. Re: w.a.s.t.e. recommendations

[barbara100 at jps.net]

Of course. Who better to ask what's good to read than a Pynchon fan?
David, tell me if you saw somebody on the streets of New Orleans reading a
copy of GR you wouldn't be just dying to strike up a conversation; pick
their brain, find out what *else* they been reading, what *else* they been
thinking about. You'd get a boner, David, don't deny it.


----- Original Message -----
From: <Cannontoawhisper at aol.com>
To: <fqmorris at yahoo.com>; <lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de>;
<pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: antw. Re: w.a.s.t.e. recommendations


> The question was not "What books should I read?" the question was more
> general, and was asked with the intent of finding out what other books
> Pynchon fans were reading. The question was not asked so that I could read
> each and every book that was recommended, but maybe find a few books that
> interested me, and to find a few authors that I was unfamiliar with.
There
> are means besides trial and error to find out which books would, and would
> not interest me.  There are book reviews; although they're not the best
means
> to find out about a book, they certainly tell you something.  There are
> endless sources on the internet, which would allow one to find out about a
> book; it just takes a tiny bit of effort to locate and use them.  And, if
it
> came down to it, I can always pick the book up, read the back cover, flip
> through it, and make a decision.  Instead of criticizing the question, you
> should check out what other people are reading, maybe they'll have
something
> that interests you.
>
> J.
>