Inspirations for the Chums of Chance

[rich]

just gotta giggle "Tom Swift"...

10 plus years per book recently
swift he ain't

On 1/18/07, John Burgess <jfb1138 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Nor could one miss the reference to Tom Swift's aging that's actually made
> in AtD!
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com>
> To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> Cc: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>; Pynchon-L <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:51:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Inspirations for the Chums of Chance
>
> On 1/18/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'd say you've found a good candidate.  It does SOUND like the Chums
> > of Chance," silly and stilted and overly innocent.
>
>
> But I think that voice is used very sparingly by Pynchon.  Most of the
> time, the Chums (and their narrator) are not nearly so silly or stilted.  I
> agree, though, that Tom Swift  is unavoidable as an inspiration.  I mean,
> suppose you're Pynchon and decide to use a "boys' adventure novel" theme --
> you couldn't avoid Tom Swift if you tried.
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