Not Everyone Appreciates GR

[David Morris]

I fully agree.

On Sunday, May 11, 2014, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's rough. Gaddis is probably a harder sell than Pynchon. There is a
> certain pop culture mind share that Pynchon has that Gaddis lacks (the
> movie, for example).
>
> I liked GR throughout, and found the last 200 pages or so to be
> particularly great. "Who would have thought so many would be here? ..." ;
> "He has warped a skein of his dreams into Pirate's own ... " ; the musings
> on Imipolex G, to say nothing of Byron and the breakdown into superheroes.
> Lots to love in the last half.
> On May 11, 2014 11:43 AM, "Erik T. Burns" <eburns at gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','eburns at gmail.com');>>
> wrote:
>
>>  At my advanced age I am no longer trying to convince anyone to read GR.
>> I just hang out with you lot.
>>
>> I do still proselytize for Gaddis but so far with almost no success.
>>
>>
>>
>>    *From: *Henry M
>> *Sent: *Sunday, May 11, 2014 4:31 PM
>> *To: *rich
>> *Cc: *Mark Kohut; David Morris; Pynchon Liste
>> *Subject: *Re: Not Everyone Appreciates GR
>>
>> I would, if anything, divide the book into halves with the center being
>> one half, and the two outliers of the curve adding up to the other half.  I
>> know many people who couldn't get past that first section, btw.
>>
>>
>> Yours truly,
>> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
>> Henry Musikar, CISSP
>> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 8:53 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Except for gottfried the last 100 pigs or so I was always found
>> underwhelming
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, May 10, 2014, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> No, No, No....the damn book completes itself there.
>>
>> Only bad/weak books have a "better half".
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On May 10, 2014, at 6:56 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Would folks disagree that the first half of the book is better than the
>> latter half?
>>
>> On Saturday, May 10, 2014, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I liked:
>>
>> I only finished it beacuse I was on jury duty.
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