state of the nation

[kevin cummiskey]

Hey ikki, Speaking of pathetic countries, you must be in america!

--- On Thu, 8/28/08, Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi> wrote:

> From: Heikki Raudaskoski <hraudask at sun3.oulu.fi>
> Subject: Re: TMoP
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Date: Thursday, August 28, 2008, 5:37 AM
> Haven't read TMoP yet, and it seems no copies in the
> original
> language are available in this pathetic country. I can, of
> course,
> read the Finnish translation and follow the discussions
> from a
> certain distance, perhaps even contributing when the
> language
> is not the issue. (Purchasing a copy while in NYC may be
> too
> late.)
> 
> So I'm not able to say whether reading TMoP along with
> The
> Possessed is a good idea. Just want to state the obvious:
> the Dostoevsky novel (which I did read in the 80s) begs to
> be
> compared to OBA's fictions too, especially VL, AtD and
> GR.
> 
> 
> Heikki
> 
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Lawrence Bryan wrote:
> 
> >
> > I don't mind putting the start date off. I'll
> be out of town for a
> > week or so in October (no firm date yet) so a start in
> mid to late
> > September would possibly conflict with my hosting.
> >
> > My copy is a Penquin paperback, ISBN 0 14 02.3810 7
> >
> > The 20 chapters vary in length. The first 4 chapters
> take up 28 pages,
> > the succeeding groups of 4 are 64, 60, 50, and 46
> pages.
> >
> > As to reading The Possessed, (Devils is the title of
> my copy) along
> > with it, then perhaps we should plan to finish
> sometime early next year.
> >
> > Lawrence
> >