voting to date , Polls close midnight May 20

[Emma Wrigley]

Well, it's very close so far. I've ordered Invisible Man in a
pre-emptive strike (having not read it yet).
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>From: Robin Landseadel [robinlandseadel at comcast.net]
>Sent: 19/5/2010 2:12:02 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: voting to date , Polls close midnight May 20
>
>The reason why I'm crazy for Farewell My Lovely-crap or not-are all 
>the allusions, b-movie dialog and local colors of a pre-Pynchon L.A. 
>There are so many echos of Inherent Vice in Chandler's little thriller 
>and the dope scenes are every bit as good.
>On May 19, 2010, at 5:28 AM, John Bailey wrote:
>
>> Also: can I be annoying and make a brief campaign speech?
>>
>> We here at the P-List have never been that big on straight-up
>> book-club analysis - why did this character choose to do that thing?
>> What are the themes of this book? What is the author trying to say?
>>
>> But this hive mind is a frickin' ripper at locating extra-textual
>> references, resonances, historical sources, literary allusions,
>> off-the-wall speculation and on-the-money jokes. This kind of stuff
is
>> what makes the list so enjoyable for someone reading Pynchon but I
>> think things would get pretty quiet if we read a novel that doesn't
>> lend itself to any of this. Partly why I was against a group read of
>> 2666 (or Kavalier and Clay) - they're big and pretty readable but I
>> they're not thick with things that need discussion.
>>
>> I think most of the contenders on the list below probably are, on the
>> other hand, but maybe something to keep in mind.
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