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

[Rich Clavey]

Or "I" by Stephen Dixon.
rich


--- On Fri, 5/10/13, Rev'd Seventy-Six <revd.76 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rev'd Seventy-Six <revd.76 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and Vollmann, I might like ...
> To: "Antonin Scriabin" <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>, "pynchon-l at waste.org" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Friday, May 10, 2013, 6:45 PM
> 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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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >
> 
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