Hangover after AtD (No spoilers)

[rich]

I think it's a great book and a further sign of Pynchon's maturity

as different and yet so much like the earlier work

that's all I really wanted

rich

On 12/10/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Just finished that baggy monster. As some mentioned before me it's a very
> uneven book, and to tell the truth I am half-disappointed with it, as I
> have
> an impression that Pynchon was running out of language with this one,
> sacrificing style for research. Many will oppose me with the claim that
> all
> the stylistic flaws of AtD are purposeful, but after fininishing the book
> I
> don't think it is quite so. On the brighter side of it: it's a hell of a
> research, and there extremely beautiful passages.
> Despite my hightened (excessively perhaps) expectations  being thwarted, I
> thinks it's a very good novel which is dazzling in some places and the
> mark
> B+ is rightly deserved. If it had been written by any other writer it
> would
> have been A+++ ad infinitum, but it's Pynchon. The encyclopedic treasure
> trove this novel contains is astronishing and I am happy for people with
> sciences background, for they will enjoy AtD on a much higher level than
> liberal arts people. I will start reading all the reviews that have been
> accumulated by now . After that I will go on a literary diet: pulp crime
> novels and sci-fi two times a day for two weeks :) Good luck to all still
> struggling with it!
>
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