Re. Brown: A Pynchon for the nineties

[Rcfchess at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/06/2005 11:22:09 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JCarvill at algsoftware.com writes:

Don't  really want to start up the old Vineland debate(s) yet  again....

>Vineland received mixed reviews: on the positive side,  many were glad
to >have him back; on the negative side, some accused him  of lowering
his >standards and pandering to television addicts and the  swiftly
burgeoning >nostalgia for the fashions,,issues and energy of  late 1960s
America. [...]

...but: how could Pynchon be "pandering to  television addicts" just by
writing a book with a lot of TV references in  it? Would the TV addicts
ever get to enjoy the pandering? Wouldn't they  have to read the book to
find out how much TV was in it?  



Maybe he's just saying that people were disappointed that TRP was dealing  w. 
such relatively mundane matters, rather than "larger" themes such as were  
dealt with in GR, which I think we can all pretty much (uh oh...) agree (yeah,  
right...) is a lot deeper/better/more substantial...(I'm gonna duck now, here  
come the retorts...)
 
R-)
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