a devil's advocate

[Otto]

A fine post, Tore!

You saved me from looking for the right words!

Otto

2006/12/10, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com>:
> I guess you're preaching to the choir, here. I haven't seen a single post on
> the list calling AtD superior to - or even as good as - GR, so I'm not sure
> exactly who is deluding oneself here. GR is more or less out of this world,
> and to've expected Pynchon to produce a work comparable to that novel
> *would* have been pure delusion, in the same vein as expecting Melville to
> keep cranking out one 'Moby-Dick' after another. Some reviewers seem to've
> had those expectations, and have judged AtD accordingly, but the rest of us
> are just grateful that Pynchon has produced yet another wonderful novel.
> Your "eyeopener" is attempting to pry open eyes that are already wide
> open...
>