Fwd: NP Vollmann's / external referents (hyperlinks)

[James Kyllo]

I think YBARA is the best place to start, although there is a lot of resonance
between The Ice Shirt and Fathers and Crows (which are both
excellent), and Mason & Dixon which might be more incentive to
Pynchonistas.

If you can put up with the refelexiveness, The Royal Family is great
too, but not a good place to start

best

James


On 7/7/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't read anything by Vollmann either. I have two books right now, the
> earliest (YBARA) and the latest (EC). I think I'll give him a try. I am put
> off a little by his productivity, however, as literature is not the area in
> which quantity transforms into quality, Joyce and Pynchon are the first to
> come to my mind in this respect. They easily could have produced scores of
> not-so-bad novels. Luckily for us they didn't.
>
> Y.
>
> >From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> >To: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> >CC: jd <wescac at gmail.com>,        "mikebailey at speakeasy.net"
> ><mikebailey at speakeasy.net>,        pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: NP Vollmann's / external referents (hyperlinks)
> >Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 10:47:15 -0400
> >
> >Hi--
> >
> >Gass has written more essays than fiction I think but you may want to try
> >the shorter earlier novels before tackling his opus The Tunnel
> >
> >I got thru the earlier seven dreams books that vollman wrote--the rifles;
> >fathers and crows; still have argall to read; the ice shirt wasn't bad come
> >to think of it. for all its faults I think these books are what vollman
> >will
> >be remembered by--i think of them as fact-ion
> >
> >rich
> >
> >
> >On 7/7/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>Having never read Vollmann (even though I carried a
> >>copy of You Bright and Risen Angels crosscountry
> >>earlier this year as a gift for someone who already
> >>had the Pynchon novels), where should I start?  With
> >>YBARA, I'm presuming, but ... also, Gass.
> >>Interestingly, I by and large had to hear about those
> >>guys here.  Whereas Barth and DeLillo and Barthelme
> >>and even McElroy come up often enough to constantly in
> >>the ol' critical apparatus ...
> >>
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