Not Everyone Appreciates GR

[Mark Kohut]

I have loosely thought it was the science, and tech stuff ( and themes) in TRP that did most for his " cult" readership....those into computers, etc....

I have also thought his " pop culture" stuff did not help his readership. 

( Except that he is a lot more fun/interesting to explore ala wiki and this list because of pop and historical allusions. He teeters on beams of allegory stretch upon stretch of writing and overarchingly. Isn't figuring that out more " fun" than Gaddis's straighter insights, so to speak?)
( This is not a ranking of quality and insight of each writer.)





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On May 11, 2014, at 1:58 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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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