Hard covers and lack thereof

[Paul Mackin]

On Sep 9, 2006, at 6:34 AM, Ya Sam wrote:

> I guess he was lucky you were not among the audience.

If I'd been a gentleman I'd have declined the prize. :-)

Odd how that type of claim or challenge not infrequently gets made.

How many times have we heard said of GR that it is a book no one  
finishes.

>
>> From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> Subject: Re: Hard covers and lack thereof
>> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:52:42 -0400
>>
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Ya Sam wrote:
>>
>>> Some years ago during a public lecture one Scottish professor  
>>> said  he would buy a crate of whiskey to anyone who would read  
>>> all the  books of 'A la recherche'. Is there anyone who would've  
>>> won the bet?
>>
>> Yep.  Back when it was called Remembrance of Things Past.
>>
>> More recently too. Ask me anything.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>>>> To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: Hard covers and lack thereof
>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:10:35 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>
>>>> . My reading version of
>>>> > Proust is a a one-voume paperback (yes, and a
>>>> > substantial one it is, tough cover, well-made)
>>>> > edition
>>>> > of the same text without  all the scholarly
>>>> > apparatus,
>>>> > from NRF Gallimard
>>>>
>>>> Quarto Gallimard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >http://pynchonoid.org
>>>> "everything connects"
>>>>
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