ATD verdict?

[Paul Mackin]

On Dec 28, 2006, at 1:07 PM, grladams at teleport.com wrote:

> Me neither. The stupid sex scene I just got to in AtD is so friggin  
> awful,
> worse than anything I have ever read. I've read almost all Pynchon and
> could not conceive of more horrible unappealing attempt at  
> describing a
> woman's motivation for being attracted to sex. I liked M&D the  
> best, then
> COL49, then GR, then V.


This wasn't by any chance the encounter between Yashmeen and Vlado in  
the windstorm after Cyprian's departure?

That one I  laughed over but the aftermath was quite dopey.


>
> jill
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:27:12 -0800 (PST)
> To: torerye at hotmail.com, pynchon-l at waste.org, johncarvill at hotmail.com
> Subject: RE: ATD verdict?
>
>
> --- Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would never recommend it as the place to start
>> reading Pynchon ...
>
> Nor would I, but that hasn't stopped a couple/three
> friends (who are much enjoying it) ...
>
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