endings

[Robert Mahnke]

I didn't *dislike* the ending of GR, I just didn't like it as much as
the ends of TCOL49, VL and IV.  Maybe "didactic" is the wrong word --
the Nixon reference was just a little too topical.  It seems a tad
forced now.

On 3/5/12, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> i like the ending of _The Crying of Lot 49_ ... spooky, pentecostal,
> un/revealing etc.
>
> And the unity at the end of _GR_, all of us in this together: perfect.
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> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I'm with sometime sparring partner David on this.....that 'didacticism'
>> you
>> found just felt like the most
>> original narrator chorussing I had ever read....and he brought in the
>> movie
>> theater!!! and I sorta almost
>> felt, couldn't believe, the rocket above my head........
>>
>> Many a day since, I think that rocket is getting closer.....
>>
>> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> To: Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com>; P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 4:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: endings
>>
>> To each his own.  But for many, including me, it was Pynchon's
>> masterpiece, never to be equaled since.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gravity's Rainbow isn't bad, but just a little didactic for me, elevating
>>> message over story in a way that's a little too heavy-handed.
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