does AtD rock?

[Henry]

GR had the advantage of being there first, and having its initial way with
us when we were younger.  I still prefer "Naked Lunch" to Burrough's later
works.  Is it really that much better, or am I different, in part from
reading that first mind-blower?

Henry M 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris [mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:38 AM
To: Henry
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: does AtD rock?

I might not be as easily rocked now versus then either.  But GR still
rocks me, and ATD not as much.

On 7/10/07, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's also difficult to completely remove who I am, e.g. a more
> experienced/mature Pynchon reader, from my life in general, let alone from
> my reading of ATD, and particularly from my initial reading of it.  This
is
> "the author's fault," though "not entirely." It takes a little more rock
> to rock me than it used to; not jaded, just not as easily tilted.