shallow notice, from LRB not that bad

[Joseph T]

On Feb 10, 2007, at 2:33 AM, Joseph T wrote:

>  I thought it honestly and accurately reflected an enjoyment of the  
> novel and of the writer. I guess I would like an example of a  
> stimulatingly  profound review.
>  This guy is as hard to write about as Dylan. If i had written a  
> review it it would be different but probably less inviting to the  
> average reader, and not necessarily all that much more enlightening.
>
> One thing I get from Pynchon and particularly from ATD that  
> reviewers don't mention much is a sense of immersion in a time of  
> History  and the large movements of that  time seen through the  
> lens of  a diversified feast of characters events, objects and   
> biproducts of the imagination of the time. It just blows my mind   
> that seeing this time through Jules Verne-like sand subs,  
> Dickensian names, Blimps, etc. adds so much real historic detail   
> to my sense of  the period and its connections to the human  
> condition and the present .
> I do agree with the reviewer that there is more to all this  than  
> comic shtick  or mind games though Pynchon effectively uses the  
> pleasure of both.
>
> Do others share this response  of  a remarkably accurate and  
> stimulating history lesson, but from  alternative PsOV/ altered  
> states of consciousness.
>
> Another thing  that reviewers avoid is the perceived structure of  
> the book and the perceived intent of the structure, which I hope we  
> will at some point take up for discussion.
>
> Anyway Wood's thoughts about anger in ATD were worth reading for  
> me, and the whole thing abut how TP gets at the world through  
> sympathy with the outcasts. He makes it sound a bit too easy breezy  
> though, and ignores the rigor and research implicit in the layered  
> density and accurate specificity.
>>
>> http://www.lrb.co.uk/v29/n01/wood01_.html
>

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