Contemporary Fiction

[the Robot Vegetable]

Geez! Of Course!  and here I am staring at _R_ every evening.
_JR_? I need to read it again.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Dustin Iler wrote:

> The Recognitions and JR by Gaddis.
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> >From: the Robot Vegetable <veg at dvandva.org>
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: Contemporary Fiction
> >Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:53:24 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Ya Sam wrote:
> >
> > > >In terms of his whole oeuvre, I'd say you're correct.  But I'd say GR
> > > >reached their level.  For me, the jury's had its say there.
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >David Morris
> > >
> > > I agree. GR is the greatest novel of the 2nd half of the 20th century 
> >and
> > > one of the greatest novels of the whole century. Full stop. What other 
> >novel
> > > of the 2nd half could be equalled with it? The century is over, and we 
> >can
> > > make judgements. AtD belongs to the 21st.
> >
> >
> >_One Hundred Years of Solitude_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez jumps to mind
> >(67?)  Other than that... um
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