Who is the heir to Thomas Pynchon?

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from what i've heard, steve erickson is also considered as worthy  
heir. although i liked "amnesiascope" and "days between stations" i  
don't find TRP and erickson that similar - just a superficial opinion  
based on my memories. i guess that comparism stuff
about x being the new y is  really just the result of desperate  
editors having to fill the blurbs

Am 17.09.2005 um 18:23 schrieb tony antoniadis:

> Quick question: what do people on this list think of George  
> Saunders' frequent title as "the heir to Pynchon" ? Doesn't sound  
> right. Perhpas only insofar as they're both satirists? I believe  
> that Pynchon, in a very generic way, is a satirist, although he's  
> doing about 7 other things with his text while Saunders, I don't  
> know... I've always thought of saunders as perhaps a juiced up  
> Barry Hannah, at least that was evident with Civilwarland... I'm  
> just not satisfied with these blurbs that peg Saunders as the heir  
> to TRP, or Vonnegut, perhaps, who in my opinion was always dealing  
> with Big Ideas but used a very, how do I say it, boring language to  
> convey them...
>
> Is Saunders the heir to Pynchon?  If not, then who is?
>
> Tony
>