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Thanks, Robin. I simply overlooked Borges and Joyce. They are two of the 
brightest shining lights of 20th century literature. "Thlon, Uqbar, Orbis 
Tertius" alone demonstrates Borges's brilliance.* He wrote stories more 
magickal. As to Joyce...well, what can I say?

Missed your earlier post. Thanks for including it.

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*Don'tcha hate it when people refer to Borges as a novelist?


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Subject: Re: AtDTDA 24: Psychical Espionage 670/673


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>          I take it you do not like Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa,
>          Carlos Fuentes, or Jose Donoso. Or The Magus. I am
>          sure Robin has much better books about magic, rather
>          than books that use magic as an integral part of the
>          narrative.
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> A few, though Crowley is a region of bad literature all to himself.
> But more to the point: What about Borges? What about Joyce?
> There's some great magic in some great literature. As far as
> I can tell, Pynchon knows way more about the occult than I, has
> deeper reading of the classic works then I ever will. I posted this:
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> http://www.researchpubs.com/books/mpex_frew.php
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> earlier today. Don Frew probably knows more about these
> subjects than Pynchon does. And the subjects he's talking
> about in the linked interview have strong ties to Against
> the Day.
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