wondering why on Earth you should care

[Jeff Adler]

Googling 'alexithymic' on a cell phone was actually really annoying.


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:16 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> This might have been posted already.  I found it when trying to remember
> who Vip Epperdew was.
>
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/13/bleeding-edge-thomas-pynchon-review
>
> Nevertheless, over the course of this long and poorly structured novel,
> most readers will find themselves suffering from Pynchon fatigue. Symptoms
> include: irritation at contorted pop-cultural gestures ("All, as Ace
> Ventura sez, and even sings, righty then"); repetitive strain injury from
> excessive Googling (What does alexithymic mean? Sillage? Padonki? Krav
> maga? Mara Salvatrucha?); trying to remember who the hell Vip Epperdew or
> Professor Lavoof or Lloyd Thrubwell is; and wondering why on Earth you
> should care.
>



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