Pynchon Virgins

[Erik T. Burns]

I think I mentioned it previously but my current read of GR is the samizdat
audiobook. An new angle on it (a voice). There just isn't anything like GR,
not by TRP (nor obviously by anyone else).


On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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
> > Sender: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 10:06:54 -0400 (EDT)
> > To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon Virgins
> >
> > 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
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon Virgins
> >
> > 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
> > Subject: Re: Pynchon Virgins
> >
> > 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?
> >
>
>
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