Pynchon's reply

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Dave Monroe:
 
> If there's one thing we should ALL give The Dude credit for here, it's
> that he's teh only one of us I've seen here OR elsewhere offer an
> actual, positive (i.e., "this is what Pynchon's saying," vs "this is
> NOT what he's saying," the latter sentiment rarely if ever followed
> here by alternative readings) interpretation (vs. critique, of either
> Pynchon or of anyone else's reading of him) here. He's at least put
> his cards on the table, while the rest of us consternate over anteing
> up, even ...

Inexpensive Salvo!
 
We SHOULD give Hollander credit, but do you really think we should do so
by disparaging all the good work being done on this list? I see plenty of
p-listers going out on a limb with various Grand Unified Theories of what
Pynchon is *really* saying. Due to the structural restraints of the list
we can't present our GUTs in fifty pages of consecutive prose, but have to
point our puny little flashlight at one spot at a time, but taken together
these many stroboscopic flashes do, in many instances, offer "an actual,
positive interpretation" of Pynchon's work. If only you'd looked.
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