Fwd: Re: his Master's voice

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Thanks for the suggestions.

Laura

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>From: the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org>
>Sent: Jul 25, 2006 4:26 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: his Master's voice
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>
>I will for the first time.   I also suggest Frank Norris,
> 
>_The Pit_  commodities trading in Chicago - an attempt to
>           corner the wheat market
>_The Octopus_   wheat farming in California, the crushing
>                presence of monopoly power.  This is a great
>		novel, stunning.  A bit rough, and with a
>		couple strange supernartural scenes.
>
>
>
>
>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> I'm planning on re-reading Dos Passos' USA trilogy as a prep.  Fantastic books in their own right.
>> 
>> Laura
>> 
>> >
>> >--- David Kipen <kipend at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:27:26 -0400
>> >> From: "David Kipen" <kipend at gmail.com>
>> >> To: "Dave Monroe" <monropolitan at yahoo.com>,
>> >> pynchon-l at waste.org
>> >> Subject: Re: his Master's voice
>> >> 
>> >> howdyfoax -- david kipen here, late of the pynchon
>> >> list, later of the sf chronicle, lately of the
>> >> gankplank marina in washington, dc.  forgive an
>> >> obvious question: what do we read between now and
>> >> december? more specifically, what books are the
>> >> best single sources of information for each of
>> >> the subjects mentioned in the blurb? o-or, which
>> >> might trp himself have consulted? we have a title
>> >> bout in december -- time to start getting our
>> >> roadwork in...
>> >> 
>> >> all finest,
>> >> david
>> 
>> 
>>