endings

[Mark Kohut]

Imagine. Nixon was still President when it was first published. 


From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
To: Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> 
Cc: Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com>; Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>; P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2012 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: endings


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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