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

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Hate repetition? David Peace's 'Red Riding Quartet' will give you
seizures. In slo-mo.

On 5/10/13, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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