5 Daunting Doorstoppers You've Just Gotta Have!

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<<Note to David Morris, the payoff in "Infinite Jest" is harrowing and well worth the journey. I'll admit it's quite a slog getting there. >>




I liked IJ pretty much beginning to end; didn't find it a slog.  Some of its conceits seemed juvenile, but they didn't put me off -- I think because Wallace was, after all, very smart and a very good writer.  All the AA stuff is great (although  I think AA is a joke).




 





On Nov 14, 2008, at 8:26 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:



No, not even those.......ones that felled trees in the forest AND ALMOST NOBODY HEARD....


--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:


From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>


Subject: Re: Fw: 5 Daunting Doorstoppers You've Just Gotta Have!


To: markekohut at yahoo.com


Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>


Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 10:28 AM


On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:26 AM, Mark Kohut


<markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:








There are LOTS MORE Doorstoppers which fall from



bookstore shelves to



the floor around the door with nary a copy bought,



much less read.





Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren


William Gaddis, The Recognitions


Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum


Joseph McElroy, Women and Men


Paul Verhaeghen, Omega Minor





Not to mention M&D and AtD ...










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