First Reading of GR

[eburns at gmail.com]

Funny, this: "He was like so much better before he was popular."

V. sold fairly well for a highbrow novel, and GR won the National Book Award - TRP was essentially "popular" from the git-go.

It'd be more hipster NOT to like him at all.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
Sender: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:58:47 
To: Alex Colter<recoignishon at gmail.com>
Cc: <malignd at aol.com>; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: First Reading of GR

And how could he summon up the balls to write that atrocious "Inherent
Vice"? Does the man have no shame?

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hipster Pynchon Fan: hates M&D loves Slow Learner, "He was like so much
> better before he was popular."
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> My goodness, have you even read M&D...?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:02 PM, <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well no, he doesn't.  M&D is, not quite an embarrassment, but what was
>>> the point?  Compare whatever you think is the best of P's short stories with
>>> The Dead or Ivy Day in the Committee Room.  Joyce could do anything.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com>
>>> To: malignd <malignd at aol.com>
>>> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Sent: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 1:50 pm
>>> Subject: Re: First Reading of GR
>>>
>>>  "I love P, but Joyce can do things P can't.  Joyce covers the
>>> waterfront."
>>>
>>>  Came here to say this, P really breaks away from Joyce in M&D tho,
>>> nothing quite like it...
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:22 PM, <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I love P, but Joyce can do things P can't.  Joyce covers the waterfront.
>>>>
>>>> All of the authors mentioned by others in this thread in no way
>>>> approximate "the magnitude of Tom's prose style" as Luis put it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Toby Levy <tobyglevy at gmail.com>
>>>> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>>  Sent: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 1:12 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: First Reading of GR
>>>>
>>>>    Laura,
>>>>
>>>> You are correct.
>>>>
>>>> However none of us reds only Pynchon. All of the authors mentioned by
>>>> others in this thread in no way approximate "the magnitude of Tom's prose
>>>> style" as Luis put it.
>>>>
>>>> One contemporary author, though, to my way of thinking writes intensely
>>>> beautiful prose that Luis might enjoy looking into: David Mitchell (any of
>>>> his five or six novels).
>>>>
>>>> Toby
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:44 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Luis.
>>>>> **
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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