Pynchon/Vollmann

[Kyle Sturgeon]

Definitely didn't mean to cause a disturbance!  I don't think all P-l
posters are fanboys.  In fact, I find it to be one of the most stimulating
lists I read.  Agree on virtually all of your remarks on Vollmann.  I rec
The Rifles and EC to anyone who cares, along with The Atlas for newcomers.
Haven't read any Mitchell, though.

On 11/22/06, gp <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> oh, and to stick up for kyle - pynchonoid, I assume the flaming you
> saw was the "rabid fanboyism" comment (because I think we can agree
> that there are individuals who are at times misguided on the P-L as
> well as in the reviewing world) - it seems he was simply acknowledging
> the root of the issue as far as why Vollmann or Pynchon fans might
> clash / disagree, and I doubt that it was meant as an insult.  I'm not
> going to name specifics that have occurred in the past for the sake of
> not re-sparking the arguments during which they popped up and / or
> generally annoying any who may have been involved - regardless of
> whether or not I agree with them I'm not generally a fan of flamewars.
> How's that for nuance! ;)
>
> On 11/22/06, gp <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Europe Central is winning me back to Vollmann, but I think there's
> > still a good deal of excess material, or perhaps better put, the right
> > amount of material that is sometimes excessively written about - i.e.
> > he comes up with an interesting concept and then goes on with it for
> > ten pages, but by page two or three I've got the point and the rest
> > seems like a sort of repetition.  It is infinitely better than The
> > Royal Family, however.  I'm only around 200 pages in though, and
> > considering that there's, er, a certain looming 900 pages to go of
> > AtD, I think it's going to have to wait.
> >
> > On 11/22/06, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > Vollmann's "Europe Central" was the best novel I've read this year,
> > > along with David Mitchell's "Cloud Atlas."
> > >
> > > I don't care for influences, but from a literary point of view
> > > Vollmann's novel is a very valuable addition to GR in writing about
> > > WW-2 and totalitarianism.
> > >
> >
>
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