endings

[Keith Davis]

For me, nothing can touch Gravity's Rainbow. Reaching the end of the first
read...nothing like it.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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