theme and grand scheme

John Doe tristero69 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 9 12:43:32 CDT 2005


LOL! I just LOVE the "Rocket Limericks" of GR! LOL!
They crack me up just thinking about 'em!

--- Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> At 1:32 AM -0700 10/8/05, Cometman wrote:
> >  >new readers of
> >>Pynchon seem to pick Vineland off the shelf  and
> read
> >>that novel FIRST ( mebbe cuz like, it has, like, a
> >>TOtally crunchy-granola kinda resonance and
> >>connotations of like Greenpeace, redwood forests
> and
> >>save the whales, dude! )..and so they get their
> first
> >>exposure to his writing from arguably his weakest
> >>novel...so those who don't probably don't get past
> the
> >>Pirate Prentice Banana breakfast scene....so yeah
> you
> >  >have brought up some very good contingencies
> here...
> 
> 
> Well, weakest writing or not,  that's how I came to
> Pynchon and it 
> didn't seem to hurt me. (although some say...) 
> 
> In other news,  my favorite Pynchon song (should
> that be a thread?) 
> is always and forever "Wacky Coconuts."   Too bad
> there's no music 
> award suitable to the talent.  I mean,  if Dylan
> wins the Nobel, 
> can't Pynchon win the country music award or
> something - anything? 
> (g)
> 
> Bekah
> 



		
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