What next?

[Mark Kohut]

I was too stupid to see THAT after I felt the same way while reading. That now strikes me as another, and not-noted, aspect of its genius. It and MOBY DICK ate tied for the great AMerican novel, in my useless opinion. 

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On Feb 26, 2014, at 5:47 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> What I loved the most on first reading was the gradual realization that the low self-esteem, confusion and paranoia I felt (I'm stupid! I'm out of my element here! I'm completely misunderstanding the real meaning of all this!) plowing through one oddball sequence after another, were all precise mirrors of what the protagonist Slothrop was feeling. 
> 
> Laura
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mark Kohut 
> Sent: Feb 26, 2014 5:26 PM 
> To: Paul Mackin 
> Cc: pynchon -l , Paul Mackin 
> Subject: Re: What next? 
> 
> I didn't even get what Paul got....just felt 
> The brilliance.... Lost in some lines.., scenes....could not even follow.   And don't get much deep stuff cause I was sure I wasn't...
> Yes, then came the ponies....
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Feb 26, 2014, at 5:22 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> First time reading GR. mostly what I got from it was the pitch perfect sound of WWII, which, rather unexpectedly, I had missed without realizing it.  And he had had to do it mostly from research, being just a kid while it was all going on. A kid with a very observant ear, possibly.  I can't put it too strongly, how stunned I was over the brilliance. Most of the "deep" stuff I didn't get. Had to wait for Weisenberger's marvelous little handbook to come out some years latter.
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>> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Only Alice and I are ever "wrong".  Pn different things...Everyone else is always right. 
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Feb 26, 2014, at 4:27 PM, alice malice <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> GR ain't a book you get right, so, go for it and keep us in mind, send us some questions, ideas, whatever. The crew is here now doesn't talk much Pynchon, but GR always gets them erect. So go for it. It's a magical book. Worth it.  
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>>>>> Not sure if you mean I'm to be the carnival geek here but I'll gladly update you guys regardless. I'll post the pages read and maybe a brief summary/reaction and you guys can laugh and tell me how wrong I am
>>>>> On Feb 26, 2014 11:10 AM, "alice malice" <alicewmalice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Why not give GR a go. I bet you can't finish it. Take the bet. Keep us informed of your reading. That would be fun for all of us. Mmmm...ahhhhh.....what should we wager? 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My first Pynchon was when I read ATD 4-5 years ago and liked it. Read Inherent Vice when it came out a couple years ago and liked it. Just finished Bleeding Edge and LOVED it. I don't know what the consensus is on his latest but it's my fav of the three.
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>>>>>>> I'm interested in reading it all now since I hear These last three are ostensibly different than his earlier stuff. I'd like to save Gravity's Rainbow for last since I hear it's the best. Given all that, what do you guys recommend I read next?
> - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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