Why do Pynchon, Ballard and Wallace provoke such online loyalty?

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Henry Musikar<scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/arti
> cle6674678.ece"The jewels in the electronic crown are the list’s “group reads”. Situated somewhere between the common or garden book group meeting and the academic symposium, these readings often take months to complete — sections of the book in question, usually about 50 pages long, are assigned to volunteers, each of whom then takes his or her turn to make a virtual presentation and to lead the discussion as the group rolls along. As a method of collaborative criticism the group read is innovative and exciting, and it works."

Oh, crap, I better get on this.  But, first, I better get a nap in
before work (from whence I do this anyway, so ...) ...