[Monte Davis]

Carvill John sez:

>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?

Umm... no. Whoever the author, some first readings leave me thinking "coulda
used that time better," and some leave an... *itch* that eventually pulls me
back. IV gave me only sporadic pleasure and left behind no itch at all. It
may be a flawed discrimination -- but as I'm neither teacher nor critic with
aspirations to well-grounded views of "the Pynchon oeuvre," I'm content with
it. Could be just age and crotchetiness; YMMV.

-Monte