NP - Sot Weed Factor

[Paul Mackin]

On 2/3/2012 6:09 PM, John Bailey wrote:
> 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.

I reread Harlot's Ghost, which is 1300 pages.  It's never got boring.

P
>
> 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