Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books

[Aarnoud Rommens]

it's always the butler, indeed.... " 'twas the german butler, dr. geist, who did it!" -- "but are we not all partaking of geist? he offered some gin yesterday and we accepted!!" -- "hmmm, quite right old chap, this warrants further inquiry. perhaps an attempt at a slow yet sustained poisoning! hmmmm the plot thickens yet again..."

on a seemingly unrelated note - i am still anxiously waiting for eisenstein to finish his film adaptation of das kapital, bless him. 
a.

On 2010-05-12, at 4:32 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:

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> Sure. When it comes to GR, though, it is revealed too early,
> suspensewise, that the Absolute Spirit is the Rocket.
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> Heikki
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> On Tue, 11 May 2010, Aarnoud Rommens wrote:
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>> then may i suggest hegel's phenomenology of spirit? ;) good story, build-up, whacky central character, excellent final resolution, depth to spare, plenty hermeticism.
>> a.
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>>> On 2010-05-11, at 12:33 PM, David Meyer wrote:
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>>>> Agreed there. 2666 is evokative and all. Nothing like the depth we're all used to from Mr. P, though.
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>>>> -d
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>>>> -- Sent from my Palm Pixi
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>>>> On May 11, 2010 11:13 AM, Alex Hunley <athunley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> I have to vote Nay on Bolano.  I read Savage Dicks and 2666, and am really at a loss as to why this guy is hogging so much literary spotlight these last couple of years.  I thought both books were grindingly boring for the most part and, though there were a few interesting parts, they have not resonated at all in the time since I read them.  On top of that, the "Pynchon-esque" and "Pynchonian" adjectives that I keep seeing thrown at these books is utterly baffling.  Could somebody please explain what Mr. Bolano's similarity to OBA is, because I must be missing it?
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>>>> This is just my opinion though, et cetera and blah blah blah.
>>>> 
>>>> Alex
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>>>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Whadya think, Bolano Boys (and Gals):  is 2666 worth a group read?
>>>> I'm interested in it, but I'm still unsure of how much I'll actually
>>>> enjoy reading it.
>>>> 
>>>> AsB4,
>>>> 
>>>> Henry Mu
>>>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
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>>>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Aarnoud Rommens
>>>> <aarnoud.rommens at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Roberto Bolano, 2666?
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>>>>> On 2010-05-11, at 10:37 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:
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>>>>>> On May 11, 2010, at 7:31 AM, Carvill, John wrote:
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>>>>>>> . . . Maybe a group-read of Augie March would be a bit too heavy for the list to wade through, but we could surely have a good run at Herzog.
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>>>>>> Catch-22 comes to mind.
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