Kick-Ass Thank You and Jasper's Poll

[Judy]

Thank you for saying it so well for me, Ande. I absolutely love Pynchon's
work for the same reasons. And I think the characters are real enough to
carry it along, adding to, but not interfering with the places he takes us.
I would even say that they are more real to me because I am allowed the
space to imagine and know them as I wish.

By the way, Jasper, the Lake and Deuce questions were not pointless and I
would welcome discussion of any character Pynchon has created. For instance,
Byron the Bulb in GR still has quite a hold on me. However, in ATD I didn't
once question that Lake and Deuce could marry. I guess it's because I think
that during our lifetime we each seek out and form relationships with the
people who are likely to help us work through stuff from the past. Deuce
definitely fits the bill for Lake as far as I can see.

Thanks as well to everyone who allows me and fellow lurkers to do just that
and enjoy.



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> What makes Pynchon Pynchon (for me) and keeps me reading, is that many
> of his characters aren't "examined" , often aren't much deeper than the
> pun in their name, of their role in moving the plot or directing me
>
> towards the next rabbit hole.  I am sort of tired of the examined life,
> of memoirs, or journalling.  In my big messy sprawling life, I don't
> need to "understand the motivation" of most of the people I meet--I am
> not a therapist--I love imagining motivation and backstory, but I rarely
> am interested in having it told to me....so Pynchon works for me---the
> size of all his stories is deceptive, they are Huge books with lots of
> pages, and that is only the beginning, like a transformer toy, these
> huge books unfold and expand and become even bigger, sending me
> backwards and forwards through time, around the globe, and down
> aforementioned rabbit holes (or into the centre of the earth,) leaving
> untold stories in it's titanic wake...iceberg abound.  I don't want 200
> pages of character development in the way of my story--we wouldn't get
> nearly as far...or to nearly as many interesting places.
>
> Ande
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