Stone et al

[Joel Katz]

place of dead roads, burroughs, you tired, tired wankers.


>From: "Richard Romeo" <r.romeo at atlanticphilanthropies.org>
>To: <WHPI at aol.com>, <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: RE: Stone et al
>Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:43:44 -0500
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>Whp sed:
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>Agreed on the earlier Stone: Hall of Mirrors and Dog Soldiers.  Everything 
>else, although enjoyable, is a falling off.  Outerbridge Reach is a love 
>letter to Melville, with no gravitas.  Bay of Souls fizzles.  Children of 
>Light a garish entertainment, spooky to be sure, but slim.  Still, all 
>these books together, good and bad, place Stone very high up in the 
>pantheon.  A question: what was the last "great" book by a member of the 
>American postmodern gang (those born, say, post-1925, but not after 1940)?  
>How far back do we have to go?  A quarter century, at least.  I am thinking 
>of Gravity's Rainbow and JR.  Other suggestions?
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>[Richard Romeo] _______________________
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>my vote would be The Public Burning if I can't pick GR-I like'em 
>phantasmagorical
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>rich
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