Bob Dylan and Close Encounters of the Pynchon kind.

[Daniel Harper]

I think most literature majors have _heard_ of Pynchon, but he is not really
considered required reading for lit classes, so he kind of gets shrugged
along the wayside. Can you imagine trying to cram Gravity's Rainbow into a
course curriculum? Pynchon has his own rhythms, and I think each reader must
approach him at his/her own pace -- this isn't really conducive to the kind
of regimented study that a class would require.

When I tell people I'm reading Pynchon, their response is either 1) a blank
state or 2) "Holy shit." When I tell them I'm doing it just for the sheer
enjoyment of it... well... <laughs>

(Less than a hundred pages left in GR.)

On 7/14/07, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >In my own case, if his phone went out, and I tested the line
> >and had to call him with the resolution,
>
>
> In most cases, a technician wouldn't pay much attention, because, he will
> never have heard about Pynchon. TRP isn't that famous, not at all. It was
> quite shock for me to talk to several American literature students (not
> even
> freshers) one day. We discussed Ezra Pound and Joyce, if my memory serves
> me
> right. When I mentioned Pynchon, I got blank stares, they never heard of
> him. I think it is quite a coincidence when someone who accidentally meets
> Pynchon is someone who has actually read his books. I think it has
> happened
> of course, but not that often. For most piano-tuners or cable guys (and
> some
> literature majors!) he is just some Mr Pynchon.
>
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...the insanely, endlessly diddling play of a chemist whose molecules are
words...
--Daniel Harper
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