MMV: Context

[jbor]

on 24/8/04 11:53 PM, Ghetta Life wrote:

> Nobody?  I think quite a few people here have expressed reasons why they
> dislike MMV.

Actually, I haven't expressed a personal opinion one way or the other about
the story, and that type of discussion doesn't interest me at all. In my
opinion probably the most intriguing and noteworthy thing about 'MMV' is the
fact that Pynchon chose to leave it out of _Slow Learner_ -- not even
mention it, in fact -- and this is an issue which most critics and readers
do attempt to deal with right up front in considering the work. I also
believe it's well worth coming at it from that angle, rather than trying to
gloss over that fact, and trying to pinpoint what it is about the story that
*Pynchon* has since come to reject or regret.

best