Pynchon's back catalogue

[Robin Landseadel]

On Jul 28, 2009, at 1:49 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> ANyway, all this gets me to thinking that yet another division in  
> Pynchon's writing (intra-book,, not inter-book) is writing from  
> research vs. writing from personal experience. The Profane and Whole  
> Sick Crew sections of V and the Zoyd sections of VL are more  
> accessible because he's writing about people and settings he knows  
> (or knew).  These sections are more personal, but curiously weak for  
> those who aren't that familiar with the types or settings.  Pynchon  
> works better when he thumbs his nose at the pedestrian advice:   
> write what you know.  His best sections (Slothrop wandering the  
> Zone) manage to combine the two.
>
> Laura

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