Fw: Re: Why don't women read Pynchon?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I was first introduced to V by a guy I had "a thing" for.  Perhaps Pynchon is an aphrodesiac?

Laura

>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>>Sent: Nov 30, 2006 2:10 PM
>>To: p-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: Re: Why don't women read Pynchon?
>>
>>
>>On Nov 30, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Jasper Fidget wrote:
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>>> Anecdotally, it was a woman coworker who first introduced me to  
>>> Pynchon.
>>> Of course I had a bit of thing for her, especially when she went  
>>> around
>>> calling people Bloody Chicklitz.
>>
>>
>>Likewise, it was a woman who introduced me, one for whom I also must  
>>have had a thing.
>>
>>How else explain?
>>
>>
>>P.
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>>>
>>> On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 13:03 -0500, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>>>> Has the assumption about the gender of Pynchon's readers ever been  
>>>> backed up by any type of poll or market research, or is it  
>>>> strictly anecdotal?  Also, what percentage of book reviewers are  
>>>> women?  I think few people on this list, and probably few book  
>>>> reviewers, have lots of personal acquaintances, male or female,  
>>>> who are Pynchon fans.  So it would be hard for anyone to make  
>>>> generalizations about Pynchon's readership, other than to say  
>>>> they're a quirky, isolated lot.
>>>>
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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