VLVL Zoyd: good dad or bad dad?

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ghetta Life" <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com>
To: <jbor at bigpond.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL Zoyd: good dad or bad dad?


> >
> >Maybe it's just an oversight on Pynchon's part -- this last section does
> >seem to have been thrown together without a great deal of effective
editing
> >and many of the resolutions he's devised ring somewhat hollow
>
> I think your last point above is the problem:  VL just doesn't stand up to
> such scrutiny.  It's just not that well written, and it's not worth the
> trouble you all have been putting into it...
>
> Ghetta
>

This is very generally said, and can only be verified by a narrow
investigation, insofar you cannot say that it's not worth it if  you haven't
tried.

To me the controversial discussions here prove that it's worth it.

Otto