Pynchon feature for new online mag?

[Carvill John]

So far, I've had a grand total of 2 responses to this. No more takers? I reckon the combined thoughts of the p-list would be a really useful intro to Pynchon.



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>> As some of you already know, I have decided to start up my own
>> online arts & pp culture magazine. Here's the putative website:
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>> www.oomska.co.uk
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>> We've got a pretty exciting bunch of people writing for us, and of
>> course there will be some Pynchon content, eventually. I was talking
>> to one of our guys today and discussing 'Against the Day'. I told
>> him I'd never managed to quite get my review of that book finished -
>> that thing in popmatters was just meant to be a blurb for a 'best
>> books of the year' feature that never ran. BUt I alwasy hope to
>> return to it some day, and maybe will now that I've got my own
>> website etc. But not right now, because I'm too busy with other
>> things, plus I wrote 2 Pynchon reviews in the last year.
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>> But this guy, well read, etc. but never read a word of Pynchon,
>> well, he made a suggestion that I immdiately rejected, but then
>> reconsidered: why don't we run a feature on Pynchon, written by
>> Pynchon List people? A sort of 'what does Pynchon mean to you in X
>> words' kind of thing. If everybody submitted a few paragraphs (or as
>> many as you like), focusing on whatever aspect they like - what
>> first hooked you, what themes keep you interested, favourite
>> passage, recommendation for first Pynchon book for new readers,
>> etc., well, we could, between us, knock together a nice little
>> article, n'est pas?
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>> This is the sort of article you might expect to find in a 'proper'
>> publication, 'cept all those jaspers they'd quote would be big name
>> authors. Fair enough. But I learned more about Pynchon from this
>> list than th enext half a dozen most useful sources combined. So
>> whaddya say? Who's with me?
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>> I think the one big advantage of this format is that nobody has to
>> knock themselves out writing a big involved all-encompassing essay -
>> our feature will be composed of a number of mini essays. And God
>> knows this list has the knowledge and ability to do it.
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>> The site goes live on 22nd March 2010. Can we get a list of who'd be
>> willing to participate as soon as possible?
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>> Cheers
>> John
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