[rich]

I've read IV three times and dont feel the need to read it again. I
think Mason & Dixon may be the only book post-GR I'll need to read
again. I have such fond memories of it and my life at the time.

ATD hasnt stuck with me--all this droning on about douchebags like
reef and yashmeen. as I said I'd rather read Flashman; it's funnier.
it's all that naive anarchist utopia romanticism that grates.

reading Derek Raymond--check out his wikipedia page--interesting guy.
find it very refreshing



On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:35 AM, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> More than once? Beats me.
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> At this late stage, with Pynchon having recently published 'Against the Day' - one of his densest, most challenging works, and whatever else you might think of it surely one which proves beyond doubt that there's been no decline in his abilities as a writer - then to *not* want to read 'Inherent Vice' more than once would be more puzzling than wanting to do so.
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> Is IV top-drawer Pynchon? No. Does it read like a failed attempt at being top-drawer Pynchon? No.
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> Whether you enjoyed it or not, surely by dint of your presence on this forum, your interest level in Pynchon per se is such that you basically *need* to read any and all of his books more than once?
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