First Reading of GR

[Mark Kohut]

Against the Day, that loose baggy airship, pace James, has EVEN MORE in it than there is in GR.....
 
Not as tight, we agree, but it contains all the multitudes that are the others.....


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From: "eburns at gmail.com" <eburns at gmail.com>
To: kelber at mindspring.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: First Reading of GR


Oh come on, let's help Luis-

First, while GR is the pinnacle, the rest of Pynchon's work is nothing to sniff at, particularly V. and The Crying of Lot 49. Mason & Dixon is as majestic and ambitious as GR, though off on a different tack entirely. 

And there's an all-but canonical list of "pynchonesque" writing. I will add my two favorites:

William Gaddis' The Recognitions and J R.

Come on now, everybody...

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From: kelber at mindspring.com 
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:44:18 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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ReplyTo: kelber at mindspring.com 
Subject: Re: First Reading of GR
Nothing. 

Laura

-----Original Message----- 
>From: Luis Lopez 
>Sent: Oct 17, 2011 3:18 PM 
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org 
>Subject: First Reading of GR 
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>Just finished my first reading of GR. I have to say, there is nothing quite like Pynchon's prose style. It's incendiary and infectious. I feel like I have just been wiped of my virginity, while also being envious of those who haven't read it (further explanation not needed). What have you guys read, as Pynchonites, that you feel comes close to the magnitude of Tom's prose style? This has probably been asked before, but: different time, different place. 
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>Thanks, Luis.
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