re-read atd

[Joe Allonby]

Yep, raining like hell in JP. The Behan is crowded though, I just had to
leave due to food stupor. I'm about to crank up the pipe (non-tobacco) and
get back to Against the Day in s similar frame of mind.

On 11/23/06, gp <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Not to mention it's raining like a banshee out here in the Boston area
> - not much else better than being inside warm and dry reading a good
> book on a rainy day.
>
> On 11/23/06, gp <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can see how some might view it as VL-plus.  Not me.  I think it
> > might supplant V as my second favorite, but it's been awhile since
> > I've re-read V.
> >
> > I am having a blast with it as well - so far it hasn't been as
> > mind-bendingly, sometimes soul-crushingly as powerful as GR.  But it's
> > a solid goddamn book so far - around 240 pages in now so I guess it's
> > pretty damn early to be making a call like that.  But I have a
> > holidy-smelling candle burning, 3/4 of the way through my personal
> > bottle of good pinot noir, smokin' my (tobacco) pipe without the lady
> > bothering me, and dang.  I really don't think I'd be as at peace if it
> > was M&D or Vineland that had just been released.  Last Thanksgiving it
> > was re-reading The Recognitions that got me in this mood, this year I
> > think I'm having just as good of a holiday.
> >
> > I would definitely be down  for a GR re-read at some point in the near
> > future, but I need to give M&D another stab after finishing AtD
> > methinks.
> >
> > On 11/23/06, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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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