AtD... is it just me?

[Lemuel Underwing]

It's like *Gravity's Rainbow* if it was set at the turn-of-the-century,
analogous themes, the same procession of characters whose only purpose is
to be made an Example of by the Omniscient and merciless P.


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com>wrote:

> None of the characters seemed "real" in the way that, say Charles & Jere'
> or Oedipa did... it just seems like a vast procession of set-pieces,
> beautiful to imagine but hard to *get into*...
> it left me feeling a little aggravated, because it's an awesome book, I
> really enjoyed reading it, but it seems like he took a step backwards from
> M&D.
>
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