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[kelber at mindspring.com]

I agree with your assessments of the relative merits of GR, M&D and ATD, although I don't agree that Pynchon should have just stopped after GR.  He's a writer, and writers write.  I suspect that ATD isn't the end, although it's unlikely that GR will ever remotely be matched.  What I'd personally like to see is a collection of personal essays in the vein of the intro to Slow Learner -- but I ain't holding my breath.  When the ATDTDA finally limps to a close, I think it would be fun to have a general discussion about the flaws and merits (and there are both) of the work as a whole.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 9, 2008 3:12 PM
>To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: Repost: "The Big One"
>
>I suspect that you take magic/occult much more seriously that Pynchon
>ever has.  Magic for you is like AF for Glenn.
>
>GR is and ever has been Pynchon's "Big One."  He might as well have
>stopped there.  Everything since has been downhill.  For me, of the
>last three, Mason & Dixon was the best.  Still no GR.
>
>David Morris
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>On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:20 PM,  <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Note the date.
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>> Didn't have a copy in my hands tll two weeks before release.
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>> Subject: The Big One
>> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006
>>
>> Something I have yet to hear mentioned here: What if "Against the Day " turns out to be "The Big One",
>
>> the one that ties it all together? Here's my thoughts. The Occult elements of Pynchon always have been my focus. This just dawned on me: "Mason & Dixon" deals with the historical Mason/Dixon line between an age alchemical and an age scientific. Along with all those anachronisims and bad puns, there's tonne's of olde magicke and persuits alchemical. The historical range of "Against the Day" covers the early development of the Golden Dawn. This will tie this book much more tightly to the occult elements in "Gravity's Rainbow". "ATD" just might be "The Big One".