Book review: Bleeding Edge

[Bekah]

This sounds like the same "criticism" we've heard over and over.  Imo,  it's not valid because where some books are character driven and need nice juicy characters that the reader where the reader can read and interpret interiors and identify with them and so on,  other books are either plot driven or theme driven - (satire),   or something else.   I tend to think of TRP as being theme driven with good plots and adequate characters who serve their purpose of furthering both theme and plot.   Some of Dickens' characters have been made into cartoons!  (LOL!)  M&D was as close as TRP got to "realistic" (true to life, whatever),  fleshy characters.  

Bekah


On Sep 12, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> What's wrong with cartoon characters? Bugs Bunny is an American icon.
> 
> This, by the way, is a monster"
> http://www.boesendorfer.com/en/model-290-imperial.html
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:11 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Someone forgot to tell that to Michiko.
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/books/bleeding-edge-a-9-11-novel-by-thomas-pynchon.html
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>> On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, jerkyleboeuf wrote:
>>> 
>>> One line to take from the review: "Unequivocally a masterpiece"
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sep 10, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/book-review-bleeding-edge-by-thomas-pynchon-1-3080841
>>> 
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