Spoiler's Reading IV pp 1-50

[alice wellintown]

Dinn was in charge. Fanyboys were whipped. Robert is the best
close-reader of the text P-Lister. No one comes close.
Had many battles with Robert, down to words, letters, even
punctuation. He was able to put up with my antics and passive
aggressive postings; the List is still advertised a loud orgy. Maybe
you should change that cause it sure ain't that no more. Not that
anyone like flames and other trolling behaviors, but the List, for me,
is fun not scholarship. I like to step in and play a little fancy
guitar and then step back, scream something or blast a tuba when the
violins get too soft-headed. Monroe changed the List. Now it's got his
style. That's cool. Robin and the boys can play. That's cool too.

I can't spend a lot of time on Pynchon. And, even given the world
enough and time I would not do a Monroe encyclopedia job on IV. There
are far too many other books that deserve my time.

I noted that Pynchon writes about organized labor and the history of
working men and women in America way back on the first reading of V..
 The perspectivism approach that Robert applied to Pynchon, it seems
to me, fell apart during the VL read. As did a mountain of readings.
AtD confirmed my reading of his works.

Kisses and Hugs,

Alice Well


> In my experience here (having signed on after the fabled Andrew Dinn
> years), no one since can top Robt. "jbor" Jackson's coverage of
> any/all unclaimed mat'l (and then some ) during the 2nd (and most
> recent) M&D read here.  Coupled with his generally extensive postings
> on/responses to just about anything he chooses to post on/respond to
> here.  Despite our differences (and, in the latter case, perhaps
> because of them, even ...) ...
>