What Do You Want from Fiction?

[David Morris]

A Consumer Question: What motivates your reading of fiction?
Boredom? Truth-seeking! Aesthetics? Hunger for...

For me Pynchon has always represented someone who is trying to understand
and then message his understanding of "Reality."  He does so by constantly
portraying the perspective of many loony historical examples. We are
invited to scoff!  But underneath, there is sincerity. In GR he is his most
"Mystic," and that is why it is my favorite. Yet I have always felt a
dissatisfaction with GRs leading questions met with unknowing, it feels
like, despite the sincerity, Pynchon is himself usure. That uncertainty is
morally good. But is it satisfying?

Just a Question.

David Morris

I think most seek self with identify witty, but his love of the world gvdsa
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