ATDTDA (3) Dynamitic mania, 80-86

[Paul Mackin]

On Feb 28, 2007, at 6:25 PM, Scott Badger wrote:

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>> Pynchon is a fantasist.
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> One reason for the lack of engagement. Though, at the same time,  
> certain aspects strike a resonance like no other.....and as Tore  
> said, doesn't the moral complexity (inconsistancy, even) of P's  
> characters make them, in a way, more real than most? even if we  
> wouldn't expect, or even want, to meet them in the street? And  
> though a part of us might hope for purity, that Webb will blow up  
> the bridge *before* the train arrives, probably a lot fewer of us  
> would be reading (and re-reading) P's books if he did.

Yes, I think Pynchon's characters are great fun. There not quite  
people but that OK.

As I admitted to Tore a second ago,  I can't condemn Webb.  I enjoy  
watching people  do their thing. So long as they  do it well.
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> Which makes the more realistic (Chandler/Hammett) style of the  
> Basnight section towards the end that much more fun.....

I was a great fan of the Lew Archer stories. Think I read them all.
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