If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and Vollmann, I might like ...

[Antonin Scriabin]

Thanks for the input, everyone.  Grabbing the thickest book in the library
that I could find was a method that served me well in my teen years, and
it's a habit I have never really lost. @Rich: what sorts of verbal tics?
Repetition of very specific visuals was what ultimately turned me off
re: *Infinite
Jest*, for some reason repetition irks me a great amount.


On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems to me that McElroy is intent on breaking up the rhythm of the
> language, which makes you hear it in a different way. Maybe that's what all
> serious writing strives for. In music, it makes me think of Andrew Hill,
> for one. There is time, but not obviously stated, and maybe only implied.
>
>
> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 10:34 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Miss Macintosh is a book to dip into every once in a while--it's not a
>> book to read in one go--a long fever dream of weird asides. good to have
>> handy by the bedside table if youre sick, have insomnia or are depressed
>> (or all three)
>>
>> I respect McElroy but his verbal tics drive me crazy. gave up reading him
>> a while ago
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 1:04 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>> McElroy published a volume of short stories a few years ago -- Night
>>> Soul and Other Stories -- it's pretty good.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* malignd at aol.com ; pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 09, 2013 6:14 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth,
>>> and Vollmann, I might like ...
>>>
>>> Lookout Cartridge was great. Challenging reading. I'm reading DeLillo's
>>> The Names, and it's also great.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> No, I read and recommend "Actress in the House."  The only McElroy I've
>>>> read.  I should read Women and Men, but my novel reading has taken a back
>>>> seat for now.  McElroy is true Modernist, not at all like Pynchon.  He is
>>>> very skilled, but not for a casual reader.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, May 9, 2013, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Both take some perseverance.  Women and Men is probably up your alley;
>>>>> Miss Macintosh?  Good luck with that, although I think David Morris (sorry
>>>>> if I'm wrong, David) read it.  I think it compares with Henry Darger's
>>>>> writing, minus the perversion.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thu, May 9, 2013 4:33 pm
>>>>> Subject: If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and
>>>>> Vollmann, I might like ...
>>>>>
>>>>>  Just asking the friendly list for recommendations and suggests based
>>>>> on what I like to read as given in the subject line.  I have gotten my paws
>>>>> on (but not yet begun to read) McElroy's *Women and Men*, and
>>>>> Marguerite Young's *Miss MacIntosh, My Darling*.  Any opinions on
>>>>> these two titles?  Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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