NP - Sot Weed Factor

John Bailey sundayjb at gmail.com
Fri Feb 3 17:09:35 CST 2012


Sot-Weed Factor is magnificent but I'd finding it a huge stretch to
read as an e-book due to the length (and I'm not against e-readers or
nothing).

Has anyone made it through a 500-600 page book in digital form? I'm interested.

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Albert Rolls <alprolls at earthlink.net> wrote:
> The free book is Ebenezer Cooke's, not Barth's. Ebenezer Cooke was a living person, not just a character in a Barth book. It is nice that you can get Cooke's books.
>
> I prefer M&D recreation of 18th-century language, but I also haven't read the Sot-Weed Factor in 20 years
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Feb 3, 2012 9:35 AM
>>To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: NP - Sot Weed Factor
>>
>>Another book I'm going to have to read.  Available in kindle in text
>>(free?, really?) and audible ($34.95):
>>
>>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=The+Sot-Weed+Factor+
>>
>>
>>On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I can't imagine what Barth could possibly do in the last 200 pages to thwart
>>> Sot Weed Factor's ascent into my top 5.
>>>
>>> And he was only 30.
>>>
>>> Love,
>>> Cfa
>



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