Spam?

[Antonin Scriabin]

I am fairly new to the list, but would just like to say that I don't mind
the "spam" at all.  If something looks interesting (even if it is NP) I'll
check it out.  If not, I'll just mark it as read or delete it.  No skin off
my nose.

I also agree with John, *Bleeding Edge *is definitely Pynchon's worst
novel.  There is much to enjoy in it, but it pales in comparison to his
other works.  But I'm sure there will be lots of discussion over the next
few weeks about that, in dedicated threads.


On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Dave, I can't speak for Jill, but I did not have you in mind when I
> replied to her post. I just re-subscribed, and am having a hard time
> fighting through the spam, no question about it. I see some old names on
> here, and a few new ones, but I have yet to see any threads that seem
> worthwhile.
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> As for reviews, I haven't finished the book itself yet so don't want to
> read them, but will get to them once I'm done. As you know, Tim Ware's
> Pynchon wiki collates them, and for me that is enough, I don't need a
> flurry of URLs in my inbox. Now, if there's particular point in a review
> somebody wants to discuss - or just the general dismissive tendency on the
> part of mainstream reviewers - then that's fine. But if you're just sending
> me a link I'll see elsewhere then I'm not that interested.
>
> I'll eventually be writing some sort of online review myself, and so far
> I'm worried about that. I'm 100 page in and thinking so far this is
> Pynchon's worst book by a mile. I have heard that it picks up and there
> have been a couple of decent passages thus far, but on the whole I am
> finding it quite annoying. If this wasn't Pynchon, I'd be rating this book,
> based on my progress so far, as 'poor'.
>
> Don't stop posting on my/our/anybody's account, Dave. But given your
> experience and intelligence, I'd welcome more of your own words and less of
> the redundant URLs.
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> Keep cool
> J
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