ATD: ad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel

[Spencer T. Campbell]

Penguin of 1972 should have given fans the impression that the
follow-up to V would be nothing but limericks.



On 8/4/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I come to think of it, what could be 'the most representative' passage
> out of GR? Suppose, just suppose (it would've been impossible, but still)
> that Penguin Press published in its catalogue the scene with Katje and
> Brigadier Pudding, what would be the first reaction to the forthcoming
> novel?
>
>
> >From: "Spencer T. Campbell" <spencer.t.campbell2 at gmail.com>
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: ATD: ad: Pynchon excerpt from new novel
> >Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 01:18:50 +0100
> >
> >I'm sorry, I certainly wasn't trying to pass any kind of premature
> >judgment on the novel itself--based on the title, the blurb, or any of
> >it.  And 'dreadful' was, I admit, hyperbolic.  But, if authentic, I
> >should like to think that the fact that it's filthy with pop-western
> >cliche marks it as some kind of broad genre parody, as opposed to an
> >attempt at the kind of genuine and aching drama that Pynchon has
> >achieved in his other books.  I mean, "in classic throwdown posture"
> >or "trying to aim it as straight as a shaking pair of hands would
> >allow"...these are TV cues, not penetrating scene-setting.
> >
> >So my point was that, if it's a moment of caricature, it's odd that
> >Penguin would choose to excerpt as advertisement.  I have every faith
> >that Pynchon is sharp as ever, but this passage isn't particularly
> >sharp.
> >
> >But Pynchon is difficult to excerpt (genious point, I know).  A lot of
> >the power of individual passages is the endpoint of pages and pages of
> >mounting incident or symbolic sleight-of-hand.
> >
> >In short: don't think a few paragraphs and some chatter mean this
> >phone-book's a clunker, but don't undestand penguin's marketing
> >strategy, either.
> >
> >
> >On 8/4/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>Dont like it on the basis of a title, a blurb, and
> >>MAYBE one page?   Don't read it, then, I guess ...
> >>
> >>But then don't complain about it, either ...
> >>
>
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