No novels from Roth anymore

Bled Welder bledwelder at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 20:12:33 CST 2012


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5jRewnxSBY

Why, what.  Do you have a point?

Welcome, my sons.  Welcome, to, the machieeeeeeene.

Yeah.  Amen.  Creatures.  I am it.

Welcome.  What are you dreaming of, you dimwit?  Aew you ever going to stop
dreaming and join me in reality, or are you going to keep sucking the dream
pipe?


On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:19 PM, <malignd at aol.com> wrote:

> The point now, yes, is obvious.  Your post, as is so often the case, made
> it less than.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 5:28 pm
> Subject: Re: No novels from Roth anymore
>
>  The point is obvious enough and much discussed by the Roth critical
> industry. Roth has been involved in an interplay between autobiography
> anf fiction for some time, if not from the start of his writing
> career. Those familiar with his essays and works of fiction must take
> delight in what seems a capstone to remarkable career.
> http://derekroyal.com/Operation%20Shylock.pdf
>
>
>
> On 11/12/12, malignd at aol.com <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
> >  I don't understand what you mean here.  Could you elaborate?
> >
> >
> > Roth has been moving in this direction for some
> > time. And, it is certainly a positive; even the fanatic cannot deny
> > this.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
> > To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 11:47 am
> > Subject: Re: No novels from Roth anymore
> >
> >
> > Mark sez,
> >> Shakespeare also wrote Two Gentleman of Verona.
> >
> > The analogy fails to reason because Roth is in his late days, as is
> > Pynchon, but Shakespeare's play dates from his earlies days as
> > playwright, hence the  relative immaturities and crudities in
> > structure and poetry. Roth has been moving in this direction for some
> > time. And, it is certainly a positive; even the fanatic cannot deny
> > this. But Pynchon's last is not. The shame is that Pynchon may go out
> > with a wimpering puff of dope when he might go out with a bang by
> > doinng something novel.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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