Against The Day

[Henry Winkler]

Oh, please. AtD is horrible. I sure didn't hope for this boring mess.

On 6/21/07, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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