Top 10 Reasons Why AtD Sucks

[Henry Winkler]

Thanks for reminding me about Pynchon's penchant for bizarre colours. That
annoyed me too. I don't recall the sex scenes in GR as being too bad though.

On 6/21/07, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>     10.  The title.
>
> In the Fonz's honor, let's all retitle this baggy monster "Contre-Jour".
>
>      9.  Multiple boring plotlines.
>
> Having to do with boring subjects like Osteopathy and Quantum physics, as
> well.
> Rather akin to GR in that regard.
>
>      8.  Lame coincidences.
>
> That serve only to tie together all the other lame coincidences found in
> all his
> other books.
>
>       7.  Yet more talking dogs.
>
> Although the representatives of the canine world in Against the Day are
> literate, they still bark, mostly. You must be confusing Pugnax with
> Michiko
> Kakutani, who, I have heard, does speak in very clear English [remarkably
> enough].
>
>       6.  Absolutely no depth to characters.
>
> Note, by way of example, the throughly two dimensional and predictable
> "Al Mar-Faud" on page 757.
>
>       5.  Awful sex scenes.
>
> And very nearly prize winning, in that regard. Of course, if truly awful
> sex
> scenes are what you seek, may I recommend Gravity's Rainbow? It has quite
> the worst I can recall.
>
>       4.  Because Michiko K. says it sucks.
>
> In a tone remarkably free of canine phonemes, though full of true canine
> spirit.
>
>       3.  Entire Yashmeen-Reef-Cyprian menage-a-trois.
>
> Again, an aversion to Mayonnaise might be the crucial factor here, seeing
> as Da
> Fonz finds the sex scenes in GR preferable in every way. There's quite a
> bit
> more S/M in GR, more actual coitus in AtD. Not there's anything wrong with
> that.
>
>       2.  Purple prose.
>
> I believe the descriptor you're grasping at is "Heliotrope". Maybe Mauve.
> GR's
> more of an Indigo, something a tad more crepuscular.
>
>       1.  The Chums of Chance.
>
> Clearly, having the framing device handed over to mere children guarantees
> awful results. Witness "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "ET", "The Goonies",
> "To KIll a Mockingbird", et al, miserable failures one and all.
>
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