A sad and beautiful world

[Jasper Fidget]

> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of Tim Strzechowski

> 
> Speaking of magnificent books, Yann Martel's _Life of Pi_ is *wonderful*!
> I
> highly recommend it.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Tim S.

I was so pissed off by the audacious and arrogant last sentence of his
introduction that I refused to read the novel.  He writes: "If we, citizens,
do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar
of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless
dreams".  I think I threw the book across the room.  I've heard from others
that it's very good though.

Jasper