The flattened American landscape of minor writers

[Carvill John]

>On Feb 27, 2009, at 1:15 AM, Carvill John wrote:
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>> If I recall correctly, Moorcock wrote a review of ATD, but as far as  
>> I remember he went a bit off-topic, it was quit an odd piece.
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>I though it was quite on. Let the reader decide, let the reader  
>beware. Good luck.
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>http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?p=80437
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Hmmm. I remember not liking the review much at the time, and I feel the same way now. In fact the review seems to me to  exhibit some of the negative aspects which the harsher reviews found in ATD itself: it's elliptical yet dull.
 
It doesn't say much about the book really. And Moorcock seems to be having his cake and eating it too, making out that he was onto Pynchon way back, and implies that he and his cronies were all hip to entropy as a metaphor before Pynchon's story. And he seems determined to wrap Pynchon up in a 'speculative fiction' blanket... I dunno, it's a weird review, like he wants to claim Pynchon for sci-fi yet doesn't want to face the fact that Pynchon's work far outstrips all the other authors he mentions.
 
 
 
 
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