Read Pynchon before you die

[Bryan Snyder]

I think the emoticon for burning Boxall in effigy would be more apt.


(kidding... )

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Lawrence Bryan
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:10 PM
To: Tore Rye Andersen
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Read Pynchon before you die 


On Jun 20, 2007, at 5:04 AM, Tore Rye Andersen wrote:


-->Yeah, I was also positively surprised when I looked through  
Boxall's book, but then I picked up a copy of the book lying next to  
it, 501 Must-Read Books, and my brief elation was replaced with the  
usual frustration: Not a single one of Pynchon's novels merited  
inclusion in this book (as
-->opposed to, say, DeLillo's Underworld and Franzen's The  
Corrections - both fine books, but COME ON!)

Probably there were ranked 502 to 506.

(What is the emoticon for rolling one's eyes?)

Lawrence