A difference of vision 'tween Updike and Pynchon via major metaphor

[rich]

I have no ill-will toward the recently deceased but I found updike's
writing as dull as can be even when writing about semen

won't even mention the poems.  i need a drink
imho





On 1/29/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> John Updike once wrote a major paean to the joys of the US Postal system,
> bringing letters, news, etc. almost every day.
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> Pynchon created the concept: W.A.S.T.E.
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