AtD Change

[Ya Sam]

For sure some of the chronotopes of GR will be revisited. How about a 
naturalistic cum surrealist description of brigadier Pudding's WWI 
experience?


>From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>To: Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: AtD Change
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:36:19 -0700 (PDT)
>
>The as-yet-unidentified marking on the cover is
>actually a solar cell that produces electricity for a
>small reading lamp installed, Byron the Bulb style, at
>the upper edge of the inside front cover of Against
>the Day.
>
>FWIW, my take is that Pynchon has been working on this
>material for a long time, and that, in some ways and
>in some contexts, some chunks of what he's written
>over the years could have wound up in just about any
>of the novels, at least after V. and perhaps TCOL49.
>ATD returns to Henry Adams' Chicago; I think by the
>time he finished V. if not before P had a glimpse of a
>large literary tapestry that encompasses GR, V, M&D,
>and ATD, and I think he's been working on it ever
>since.
>
>Also, for the record, I'm still expecting some kind of
>book for younger readers.  Can't imagine a writer like
>Pynchon having a child growing up in the house without
>writing some stories for him.
>
>
>--- ruudsaurins at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Against the Evening Cold!
> >     .....more fuel for keeping them home fires
> > burning once Bush & Co.'s energy policy hits full
> > stride.  You, too! can stay warmer longer burning
> > Pynchon at home.  Has anybody asked why this novel
> > is being released just before the cold weather of
> > the northern hemispheres?   Do they really issue a
> > Zippo lighter (fueled!) with every sale?  The man
> > thinks of everything!
> >
> >                  truly,
> >
> >                  ruud
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pynchonoid at yahoo.com
> > To: richard.romeo at gmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> > Sent: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:43 AM
> > Subject: Re: AtD Change
> >
> >
> > Put it on wheels and ride it in to work like a
> > little
> > scooter.
> >
> > --- rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > i heard M&D was undergoing changes up to the last
> > > minute. AtD seems to be
> > > getting bigger and bigger--whether function of
> > page
> > > size, font, or added
> > > material, who knows?
> > >
> > > gonna have to be a truss-like thingy to hold it
> > for
> > > me whilst reading it.
> > > alas, not for the subway
> > >
> > > rich
> > >
> > >
> >
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