Richard Powers
Will Layman
WillLayman at comcast.net
Thu Jul 26 21:43:39 CDT 2007
My favorite Powers is the very beautiful and strange OPERATION
WANDERING SOUL, and then after than, I liked GALATEA 2.2. He's hit
and miss, for me, but the good stuff is GREAT. I also enjoyed his
debut (THREE FARMERS ON THEIR WAY TO A DANCE), SONG OF SINGING, and,
you bet, GOLD BUG.
-- Will
On Jul 26, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Henry wrote:
> Gold Bug Var. was smart, kinda like Neal Stephenson smart. It's
> good; I enjoyed it, but it's no Briar Rose (that was Powers, wasn't
> it?), which was full-force post-m decon.
>
> Henry M
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]
> On Behalf Of kelber at mindspring.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 3:33 PM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: NP:Richard Powers
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> The Gold Bug Variations, by R. Powers has been on my reading list
> for ages (put there by various recommendations from the P-list),
> but Powers' most recent book, The Echo Makers, fell into my hands
> first. I just finished it, and while I enjoyed it, I didn't
> consider it a great book by any means. Powers' ruminations on the
> nature of thought and the self got a little redundant, and his
> intertwining of that theme with environmentalism and the migration
> of the cranes didn't mesh that well with the plot (imo).
>
>
> Just wondering how this book compares with Gold Bug and his other
> writings.
>
> Laura
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