The Anti-Pynchon Author of Note?

Brock Vond wilsonistrey at gmail.com
Fri Jun 20 18:43:28 CDT 2008


lol.... i knew this would be a good one...




On Jun 20, 2008, at 4:50 PM, Henry wrote:

> "What a crock of shit?"  If you can read OBA, then why can't you  
> read a simple email message without getting p's in a twist?  I'm a  
> big fan of Roth; been reading him particularly since the start of  
> his Zuckerman books.  His books are warm, and short, but deep, and  
> they invariably make me chuckle with a tear in my eye.
>
> There's room for more than OBA, except in GR's parody of a land  
> where there is only one of each stereotype.  If you appreciate OBA  
> at all, you should know that this is not an A or B world (except in  
> politics)!
>
> What a crock of shit!?  Grow up, and grow a pair! Read before you  
> write, MD! I thought better of you.
>
> HENRY MU
> Information, Media, and Technology Consultant
>
> --------------------------------
>
> From: knee-jerkin' fanboy malignd at aol.com
>
> What a crock of shit.  Roth's last two and a half decades has been  
> one long string of brilliance.
>
> From me, Henry:
>
>> 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.
>
>




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