Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books

[Emma Wrigley]

Actually that was dumb, Inherant Vice would make much more sense.
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>From: Charles Albert [cfalbert at gmail.com]
>Sent: 12/5/2010 6:32:21 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books
>
>Many of the recommendations fail to consider the short half life of
near every 
>group read in the past 10 years. At 200 odd pages, Farewell My Lovely
offers 
>plenty of fodder without the heavy lifting. For the argot alone, this
is a 
>very worthwhile endeavor. The book is loaded with allusions to real
characters 
>and events which should stimulate the detailists among us...
>
>
>And it certainly does enhance one's reading of Pynchon.
>
>love,
>cfa
>
>
>On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Joseph Tracy wrote:
>
>I could go with a Chandler book too. Virgin territory for me, except in
the 
>movie spinoffs. It would also invite thoughts on Lew Basnight, Doc
Sportello, 
>Herbert Stencil and Pynchon's use of the detective paradigm.
>
>On May 11, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Emma Wrigley wrote:
>
>
>I've never read any Chandler (hangs head in shame) and would definitely
be 
>keen to have a shot.
><-----Original Message----->
>>From: Robin Landseadel [robinlandseadel at comcast.net]
>>Sent: 11/5/2010 3:40:17 PM
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Pynchon List Group Reads of non-Pynchon Books
>>
>>On May 11, 2010, at 7:31 AM, Carvill, John wrote:
>>
>>> I don't remember Chandler being mentioned!
>>
>>I knew we must have missed Something . . .
>>
>>Apropos of nothing, Tom Jones singing "Sugar Sugar" sure sounds weird.
>>
>>.
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