Vineland underrated

[Carvill John]

Hi All   (and thanks to Mike Weaver for the fixed link)

I just wondered if anybody out there could give me a good, or even vaguely 
persuasive, argument for just why Vineland remains so underrated. And I'm 
not talking about the H Blooms of this world but the general readership. 
Even articles I've read praising Vineland have described it as "weak" and 
"full of padding". This seems incredible to me. Granted, it would be 
difficult to argue against the view that Gravity's Rainbow is, in pure 
literary terms, Pynchon's greatest achievement, but (and forgive me here 
what many may possibly regard as a rather tenuous analogy) to me dismissing 
Vineland because it isn't GR is like refusing to enjoy Goodfellas because it 
isn't Raging Bull.

Being new to this list, I of course apologise if I am unknowingly attempting 
here to reheat an old theme.

Cheers

John

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