Read Pynchon before you die
Bryan Snyder
wilsonistrey at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 18:43:09 CDT 2007
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
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