Re: ‘What You Like or What You’re Like?’

[Michael Bailey]

Dave Monroe wrote:

> One of my Facebook friends posted a status that was all, “Why can’t
> The Sun publish educated opinions?” So, here goes nothing: David
> Foster Wallace is the poor man’s Thomas Pynchon ’59. Pynchon is the
> pretentious man’s Vonnegut ’44. Bam. Moving on....
>

huh?  what's with the '59 and the '44?  In 1959, Pynchon hadn't even
published anything, had he?
and in 1944, Vonnegut was in Dresden or at least headed in that direction.

some new youth thing?