eGad: new mcelroy essay

[Otto]

So far I'm struggling with "Lookout Cartidge" (1), "Plus" (2) and "A
Smuggler's Bible" (3) simultaniously.

(1) and (2) had been sent to me by Lee Thompson (aka Byron the Bulb).

I had started with (1), but stopped quite early because I had lost track
between p. 19 and 27.

Then I tried to read (2) which seems to be the most "accessible" of the
novels. I stopped after 35 pages.

Before starting with (3) I read some secondary material, "The Review of
Contemporary Fiction," Volume X 1990, Spring Issue, in which you find essays
by well known (if you're familiar with Pynchon-secondary material) people
like Joseph Tabbi, John Johnston, Brian Stonehill, Frederick R. Karl, Brian
McHale and Steven Moore -- which encouraged me to go on.
http://www.centerforbookculture.org/review/90_1.html
Then I started reading (3) and went up to page 41. I haven't given up yet.

http://www.josephmcelroy.com/
http://www.raintaxi.com/online/2003fall/mcelroy.shtml

best regards

Otto

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ghetta Life" <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:16 PM
Subject: FW: eGad: new mcelroy essay
>
> Sorry about that last post re. McElroy.  The McElroy lecture I refered to
> was sent to the Gaddis list.  Here is the link.
>
> Would anyone here reccomend anything by McElroy?
>
> >>  From a lecture in Italy three years ago, on _Plus_:
> >>
> >>http://publish.bsu.edu/esf/2.1/McElroy.htm
> >