Pynchon Cute?

[Henry Musikar]

I once had a girlfriend who loved Pynchon and who hated it when I called her cute.  Isn't Pynchon often enough... cute?

Henry Mu
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-----Original Message-----
From: Laura
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:39 AM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: Murakami's 1Q84 is a Heavyweight - The Millions

I read The Windup Bird Chronicles and thought it was cute.  I hate cute.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Morris

>I have read Murakami's _Kafka on the Shore_ and _Wind-Up Bird
>Chronicles_, and I think both are way over-rated.  Lot's of
>magic/mysticism that is pointless and dead-ending and trite
>resolutions to extended mysteries.  Count me out.
>
>David Morris
>
>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Paul Di Filippo:
>> http://www.themillions.com/2009/05/murakamis-1q84-is-heavyweight.html 
>>