Time's 100 best English-language novels (1923 - present)

[Mark Ballinger]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:27:00PM +0100, Blake Stacey wrote:
> Quoting Rcfchess at aol.com:
> >
> >In a message dated 10/23/2005 11:50:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >jkyllo at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >Gravity's Rainbow  (1973)
> >
> >Author: Thomas Pynchon
> >
> >"When one contrasts  Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five with this book, it's 
> >like
> >comparing an  Olympic sprinter with an obese man running for the bus with a
> >hot dog in one  hand and a soda in the other."
> >
> 
> From the order of the items, I'd have to say Mr. Baldwin implies that 
> Vonnegut,
> the chain-smoker, is the one who created the Olympic sprinter,

Careful with your attributions!  Matthew Baldwin's article quotes Amazon reader reviews.