re-read atd

[Joe Allonby]

I'm about 130 pages in, and having a blast with it. I think it's great:
really funny, lots of pseudoscientific bullshit, ridiculous names, some
great visual and emotional imagery, parodies of modern events and
personalities, and I think Webb Traverse and Merle Rideout are great
characters.

All right now, fire away.


On 11/23/06, Lary Wallace <pytheas76 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  I'd be down for an AtD group-(re) read, definitely. I'd much rather do
> GR, but I understand you guys recently went there, did that, and I missed
> the bus. That's cool--I guess I'll be reading it with Weinberger. But back
> to AtD: do you really think it's Vineland-plus? I don't think I've ever even
> cracked a copy of Vineland, but of the major works, I would definitely have
> to say that, so far, this is the best. But as some of you already know, from
> off-list correspondence, I'm something of a Pynchon agnostic, something of a
> crasher at this party. DeLillo is by far my favorite writer, so it makes
> sense that this new book would be my favorite. But come one, man--Vineland
> plus? From everything I've heard about Vineland (again, I haven't read it),
> that's harsh.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----
> From: terrance terrance <terrorence at hotmail.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:25:40 PM
> Subject: re: re-read atd
>
> Just finished atd. not sure......but  it's not as great as gr. it's not as
>
> good as m&d. it's vl plus.
>
> read all the reviews and most of the crap posted here.
>
> when are we gonna read it?
>
> I'll take the labor read.
>
> i expect the re-reading of the  book with yall will be better than any
> review or any professional book on  the book.
>
> letz do it,
>
> tf
>
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