TRP-related (by me at least)..from a review

[rich]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com>wrote:

> >
> << what got on my nerves is all those main characters for the most part
> exhibit that
> oh-so-sexy-and-smart-and-brave-easy-with-a-quip/rejoinder-and-righteous-free-hippie-anarchist-bullshit
> ad infinitum. >>
>
> Would you say the same of Vineland, Rich?
>

Yup. and the villains got so much more uninteresting--Brock Vond, Scarsdale
Vibe. Vibe, in particular. and I know folks are gonna drop shit on my head
but the feminist stuff really grates on me. its really cloying in AtD not so
much the sentiment but the execution--its so obvious, platitudes up the
yin-yang. Or maybe its just I can't stand that Yashmeen. Overcomepnsating
for some reason.


>
> << I would argue that when Pynchon decides to bring things down to the
> human level, relationships and all that shit, he becomes rather boring >>
>
> Well, I very respectfully disagree. Then again, isn't *not* bringing things
> down to a human level exactly what certain segments of the lit-crit crowd
> always complain about?
>
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I just don't think its Pynchon's strength. he can't write about real people.
why even try? I don't want to read fiction about real people.

i'm working all this stuff out so pardon the poor explanations. more to
come...

rich
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