INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)

[Carvill John]

Point taken about the original Vineland cover.
 
But I never said I thought Pynchon would find it insulting, I was just talking about how it seemed to me. I don't presume to second guess what Pynchon might think of such matters.
 
Dunno if you're being 'cranky', but you are being a touch rude. I'm not 'picking apart' anything, in fact I cautioned against prejudging this book by its cover. 
 
And I for one don't think he's been off his game at all. ATD was a classic, M&D also.
 
 



Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:25:46 -0500From: navan.ghee at gmail.comTo: fqmorris at gmail.comSubject: Re: INHERENT VICE (Exploring the cover)CC: johncarvill at hotmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org; robinlandseadel at comcast.netPynchon's had final say on the covers of his books for some time now, so I doubt he finds it particularly insulting at all.  Recall, also, that the first cover of 'Vineland' was a repurposed photo by Darius Kinsey.  Same basic deal.And pardon me for sounding cranky, but it's a bit premature to start picking apart I.V. on the basis of its cover.  Whether you think P's been off his game for the last two-odd books or not doesn't signify.  Noise is eating signal, here.-- MICROLOG:  http://twitter.com/R_R_DART & PHOTOS:  http://picasaweb.google.com/navan.ghee
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