Why don't women read Pynchon?

[Ya Sam]

Sorry if posted before

"Why don’t women read Pynchon? The question’s been posed and bandied about 
on the blogosphere recently in response to Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel and 
the spate of reviews for Against the Day written largely by men. It came as 
a surprise, this question: as a devoted Pynchonite — and a woman — I’d never 
thought of Pynchon’s work as gender-specific. But according to one blogger, 
Pynchon’s writing presents obstacles women don’t care to surmount. And the 
few searing female reviews of the book that have come out support the 
theory. So I started evaluating the ways Pynchon could turn women off.  ..."

http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid28706.aspx

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