Focus and Row, Roe ...Roe

[Robin Landseadel]

Then my suggestion is that you ignore me and go your own way.

I find your mention of Magic Mountain very interesting, however it's  
been something like thirty-five years since I read the book, some  
particulars would be welcome.

On Oct 14, 2010, at 5:52 PM, alice wellintown wrote:

> Roe Roe sez,
> Ah yes, good old fashioned righteous indignation over outrageous
> immoral behavior is usually the first thing to go. It's very clear
> that Pynchon is offering up the worst of World War II time tunneled
> into 1904. This makes me want to jump into "Against the Day" one more
> time, just to find the analogous passages. Of course, these
> Scurvhamite folks are sold on suicide, seems like the Herero are too.
> Sloth extrapolated into death-longing.
>
> Are you gonna post anything about the chapter or are we to be
> subjected to your un-focused desire to jump into and around a pile of
> books?
> Christ, try to post something about the story we all have in front of
> us. You say, let Pynchon be Pynchon, but what you mean is let Roe Roe
> speculate about the author's state of mind and how he composed his
> works. This is worthless dribble. You can't say anything meaningful on
> either of these two topics. You know nothing about the author. You
> know nothing about how he works. Your knowledge of the tradition and
> the genre he works in is zero. Try reading the book in front of you
> and posting something worth readin. Is that possible? Can you do it?
> Come on, son, row.