MICHIKO KAKUTANI

[David Morris]

His choice, not mine.  But then he didn't make that choice, did he?
Mark calls it "loose baggy" for a reason.  GR, for all its length
wasn't loose at all, and I wonder if it might have had something to do
with his editor relationship.  But GR, for all its length, is tightly
focused.

Any good artist knows when to destroy a canvas that isn't working.
AGTD is a myriad of canvases, many of which would have been better
kept out of print and in his files for future scholars to discuss.
I've mentioned it before, but I think the Anarchist's Colony (though i
think I now understand why it's in there) is one of those.  Just my
opinion, but I'm not alone.

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Page<page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
> Which 300 pages? If you are going to toss out the idea of reducing the book by 30%, you'd best have an idea of what you want to excise.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Morris
> To: Nushra MohamedKhan
> I so agree with this.  Pynchon needs a strong editor (BTW so could your posts, Nushra), and AGTD (I also like this phonetic "acronym") is the prime example of this need.
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Nushra MohamedKhan <nushramkhan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>  AGTD is great, but man could it be improved if he took out some 300-odd
>> pages and squared it up took out a couple few stupid plot lines and a couplefew dozen chanracters