Someone who hates Pynchon (because of his 'corrupted pride') and we fans.

[Natália Portinari]

What do you mean, exactly?

On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 10:53 PM, alice wellintown <
alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:

> >>
> >> Hah, I don't think a person who criticizes a book by saying it's "stupid
> >> and boring" deserves my annoyance, anyway.
> >>
>
> stupid and boring is what most great readers and writers say about
> lots of books they read or try to read what they've been told is great
> literature. yup, the wasteland is stupid and boring and so is crime
> and punishment. this often means the reader is a bit young for the
> vocabulary, syntax, allussions, style, of the text they are trying to
> dig but can't. it is important to encourage them, cause this is the
> point when many, more males than females btw, give up reading stupid
> and boring books that we all think are beautiful and important or
> worth spending hours with.
>



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Natália Maranca
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