authors influenced by Pynchon

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 16, 2006, at 2:11 PM, Chris Broderick wrote:

> 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".
>
> 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.

Vollmann in at least one instance I can recall

Pretty clearly not Wallace. He's seems to go out of his way NOT to ...

>
> -Chris
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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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