authors influenced by Pynchon

[kelber at mindspring.com]

But Pynchon's humor isn't limited to puns and other schtick.  He also does this:

"' ... Why would I mention my birthday in my sleep?  'Twas last week, anyway.'

'Congratulations, much Joy,' wish Mason and Dixon.

'Twenty-nine's Fell Shadow!  O, inhospitably final year of any Pretense to Youth, its Dreams now, how wither'd away ... tho styl'd a Prime, yet bid'st thou Adieu to the Prime of Life! ...There, -- there, in the Stygian Mists of Futurity, loometh the dread Thirty, -- Transition unspeakable!  Prime so soon fallen, thy Virtue so easily broken, into a Number divisible, -- penetrable! -- by six others!'"

M&D, p.118


Laura


>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Chris Broderick <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com>
>>Sent: Oct 16, 2006 2:11 PM
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: authors influenced by Pynchon
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>>Well, Powers certainly isn't funny (or at least the one book I read by him, Operation Wandering Soul wasn't), but DFW has his moments (particularly in his essays, which are my favorite things he's written).  The distinction between his brand of humor & Pynch's is that Pynch loves slapstick, cartoons, bad puns & other general kinds of schtick.  One can't imagine a DFW novel with a pie throwing scene, or a line like "I Ching feet".
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>>Another thing that makes Pynch distinct is his portrayal of sexually unusual practices.  Not that there aren't other authors who do this, I just can't think of any 'Pynchonesque' authors who do.  I'm open to your suggestions.
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>>-Chris
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>>----- Original Message ----
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>>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:37:34 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
>>From: kelber at mindspring.com
>>Subject: Re: authors influenced by Pynchon
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>>Humor?
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