The Anti-Pynchon Author of Note?
malignd at aol.com
malignd at aol.com
Fri Jun 20 15:23:05 CDT 2008
Another dollop of nonsense.
since TRP is the greatest author of all time...
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From: Brock Vond <wilsonistrey at gmail.com>
To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
Cc: Henry <scuffling at gmail.com>; Pynchon Liste <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:55 pm
Subject: Re: The Anti-Pynchon Author of Note?
the answer is easy... since TRP is the greatest author of all time... then of course the oppsite would be the worst... but it's really opinion... unless you parse TRP into categories like Henry did... where I think Roth actually fits, which is really funny.
Good topic though...
On Jun 20, 2008, at 11:39 AM, rich wrote:
> I guess one could say that. Newsweek had some sort of article on
> greatest living american writer--came down to Roth and Pynchon if I
> remember.
>
> rich
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Philip Roth? Constantly interviewed author of books concerned with >> up to no
>> more than three individuals, but ultimately always just one; an >> author whose
>> writings are never placed in times that are before his own personal >> time or
>> in alien geographies (never encyclopedic, and no encyclopedia >> required).
>> A-and his stories include elements of his life that he denies are
>> auto-biographical.
>>
>> HENRY MU
>> Information, Media, and Technology Consultant
>>
>> http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/henrymu
>>
>>
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