Against The Day

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Keith:

>Shit. I'm at p. 423 in this crazy novel, and I just don't agree with
>the naysayers. Now that I've gotten past a brief stall while I hosted
>a section, I can't put the goddamned thing down. For me, reading it
>is sheer delight. Gravity's Rainbow is always there for many re-
>readings, and I'm quite satisfied with this new bit of Pynchon material.

Amen to that. Against the Day is all we could have hoped for, and I for one 
look forward to rereading and getting lost in this new world for years to 
come. My own reaction to this gift can best be compared to that of the 
audience at a certain lurid musical drama in "Mason & Dixon":

"There are some catchy Tunes, and an Elephant, promis'd in the first Act, 
which incredibly, at the very end of the Show, is deliver'd. The audience 
sit stunn'd in the vacuous Purity of not having been cheated."

And FWIW, I think AtD gets even better as the main action shifts to Europe 
and Asia around p. 500, so you should have an even more pleasurable and 
absorbing stretch ahead of you.

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