Tim Ware on AtD

[Martin Hinks]

Motivations for reading anything again and again here are memory
failure and understanding failure (GR fulfilled this criteria for me -
had to read again and again to "get it" - but also enjoyed it more and
more with each reading).

When I first read GR I knew it was something special although I
couldn't say why. Heck, I couldn't have given someone a coherent
summary of the book (hmm, can I now?) whereas M&D I am sure I could.

For the record I also wasn't drawn back to M&D. TCoL49 and GR I'll
re-read any day, maybe even V. on a good day.

On 11/7/06, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like reviewers to let us know how they regard AtD relative to
> MD.  For instance, what was Tim's take on MD?  Did he also think it
> was one to be read "again and again?"  Sure, I liked it, but I haven't
> read it a second time (not that I won't sometime).  But (and here it
> comes again) GR demanded, DEMANDED, to be read again and again.  And
> it payed off with each subsequent reading.  But that's partly because
> it was a veritable maze, intentionally, and the twisted paths really
> built together into huge cohesive work of art.  AtD is already said by
> some to be a more linear read, as was MD.  What, exactly would
> motivate an "again and again" reading.
>
> And how many of us have a list of books that we'd want to read "again
> and again?"
>
> David Morris
>
> On 11/7/06, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Tim Ware has the following to say about AtD:
> >
> > "First, I am about half way through Against the Day (don't ask...) and it's amazing. It's really the culmination of all that Pynchon has written before, with the myriad characters, humor, technology, intricate structure and wonderful writing that are the hallmarks of his writing. It almost seems as if all these books were written at the same time, interweaving characters and themes ... a world that Pynchon has created and into which he allows us to peer every so often, this time for 1085 pages! I'm sure longtime fans will be mightily pleased with this latest view. This is one to be read again and again."
> >
>


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Martin Hinks