Pynchon Virgins

[Bekah]

CoL49 was my second,  after Vineland.  Then M&D.  I waited with GR because it scared me - but I read it before AtD came out - along with whatever else I'd missed.  

Bekah


On Jun 22, 2013, at 8:35 AM, eburns at gmail.com wrote:

> I think Lot 49 is the starter drug for most; it's like the sorting demon, one either loves it or hates it. If one hates it, one won't like the rest of the oeuvre much either.
> 
> GR is still the zenith for me though; V. is liftoff, M&D marks brennschluss and then it's downhill from there, artillery of an entirely different caliber and calibration.
> 
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> From: malignd at aol.com
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> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:06:54 -0400 (EDT)
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> 
> Ah.  For the rest, I completely agree with you.  And I think GR is much better than V.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: malignd <malignd at aol.com>
> Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 21, 2013 5:04 pm
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> You missed my correction (earlier today) saying I meant zenith, not nadir.
> 
> On Friday, June 21, 2013, wrote:
> You think GR and V are his worst books?  Really?
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: Joseph S. Barrera III <joe at barrera.org>
> Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Fri, Jun 21, 2013 2:12 am
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> No.
> GR &  V.
> 
> On Thursday, June 20, 2013, Joseph S. Barrera III wrote:
> On 6/20/2013 7:49 PM, David Morris wrote:
> 
>> I'm  snob who considers them his nadir.
> 
> "Them" refers to Lot 49 and Vineland?
>