sex scene commentary / book commentary in general (ATD)

[kelber at mindspring.com]

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>From: gp <wescac at gmail.com>

>I don't think reviewers are wrong to say certain things against the
>book since, as I said in reply to another topic, reviews are for the
>mass market, and this is not something a mass market audience could
>handle (this is just brass tacks, folks) and that middle - man, if you
>were reading this book on a deadline - for work, not pleasure - could
>you really have written a glowing review if this were your only
>knowledge of Pynchon? 

I know there are two schools of thought on this, but I think it's impossible for anyone who's read GR et al. to evaluate ATD in and of itself, without taking all of Pynchon's work into account.  There are (non-reviewer) people who are being introduced to Pynchon via ATD, and I think their perspective is an interesting one, but I can't recall reading any reviews by people who fall into this category.  If anyone knows of one, I'd like to read it.

Laura