Pynchon & mayonnaise? Why?

[David Morris]

A nice synopsis Bekah. I started with Jitterbug, and liked it partly
because I was newly wedded to a bride from New Orleans.  Fucking often as
the way to immortality seemed funny then.  Youth deserves its folly. I
remember a 2nd book with artists and a turkey airstream, or was that the
same book?

On Thursday, August 30, 2012, Bekah wrote:

> Even Cowgirls Get the Blues came out in 1976 and that's when I read it - I
> was under 30.    I doubt it has withstood the "test of time"   but as a
> novel "of" the times it was spot on (unless you were a lit major).
>
> So I followed him into Still Life with Woodpecker (1980) and once again
> was enchanted.
>
> Then came Jitterbug Perfume (1984) -  um... it wasn't quite stinky but
> Robbins had lost his edge - his groove - his balls, I think ...  something.
>
> Skinny Legs and All (1990) had some funny parts but ... um ... not the old
> Robbins at all - basically,  it was  pretty dumb.
>
> Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas  was the last of the Robbins for me.  I'd held
> out wa-ay past the call of fandom.  Stu-pid.  This is the one I wanted to
> throw somewhere.
>
> I was never even tempted again - not even for old times' sake.   It's just
> too sad.
>
> Bek
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2012, at 2:32 PM, malignd at aol.com <javascript:;> wrote:
>
> > I can't believe (I don't mean you're lying) that you or Pynchon like
> this guy.  I loathe his writing, his insufferable cuteness.  He's the
> literary equivalent of Jeff Koons, except that he didn't marry a porn star
> (to my knowledge ...).  I can still remember hurling "Cowgirls" -- the one
> with the Pynchon blurb -- across the room.  (I was young and passionate.)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net <javascript:;>>
> > To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com <javascript:;>>
> > Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:;>>
> > Sent: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 4:41 pm
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon & mayonnaise? Why?
> >
> > Tom Robbins used to be such a kick -  read everything up to Frogs
> Pajamas and
> > then it seemed that Robbins was trying just a wee bit too hard to be
> > "irreverent."
> >
> > I read somewhere that Robbins got bored with the books he'd been
> reading,  so he
> > wrote the book he wanted to read.   (heh)
> >
> > Bekah
> >
> > On Aug 30, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:
> >
> > > Found out this about Tom Robbins, whom Pynchon blurbed early, right?
> > > " He has also hosted an annual mayonnaise tasting, often with more
> than 20
> > international varieties, at his home in La Conner."
> >
> >
>
>
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