First Reading of GR

[malignd at aol.com]

I assure you I read it, with mounting disappointment.



-----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 5:28 pm
Subject: Re: First Reading of GR


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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