in Which V. is mentioned. as original.

Mike Weaver mike.weaver at zen.co.uk
Thu Dec 3 13:24:18 CST 2015


Where are you Vitor?
I'd personally say that Vineland goes with GR in an older, sadder and 
wiser wistful way, so I'd say move on to M&D. Others may feel differently.

cheers
Mike

On 03/12/2015 19:01, Vitor Repinaldo wrote:
> I can“t find GR anywhere in my country (no longer reissued - it's a 
> crime) and I don't know if i coud read in another language. So 
> Vineland or M&D?
>
> > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:51:11 -0500
> > Subject: Re: in Which V. is mentioned. as original.
> > From: mark.kohut at gmail.com
> > To: vitor_repinaldo at hotmail.com
> > CC: kbob42 at gmail.com; jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com; 
> richard.romeo at gmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org
> >
> > keep going in that direction. (Unless you want the completist-so-far
> > feeling of all the short stories. )
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Vitor Repinaldo
> > <vitor_repinaldo at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > I'm finishing V and i've already read Lot49, what should i pick next?
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > Subject: Re: in Which V. is mentioned. as original.
> > > From: kbob42 at gmail.com
> > > Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:00:29 -0500
> > > CC: richard.romeo at gmail.com; pynchon-l at waste.org; mark.kohut at gmail.com
> > > To: jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > > Vineland!
> > >
> > > Www.innergroovemusic.com
> > >
> > > On Dec 3, 2015, at 10:12 AM, Mark Thibodeau 
> <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Vineland Vineland Uber Alles!
> > >
> > > On Dec 3, 2015 10:02 AM, "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > all i would claim is that GR belongs to the creative thrust that 
> began with
> > > V. and ended with M&D. there are some bits in AtD worthy but the 
> rest imho
> > > is fairly disposable
> > >
> > > rich
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > but no matter what one thinks of some of the later books,
> > > Gravity's Rainbow HAS TO BE SEEN as, among much newness,
> > > V. perfected, no?
> > >
> > > Gravity's Rainbow is V. squared.
> > >
> > > and, didn't Pynchon avoid Parks' basic criticism by writing
> > > SO MANY DIFFERENT new books....
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 9:34 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> w/r/t to Pynchon I think there's some merit to that criticism
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> self-derivative, repetitive,
> > >>> in some way inferior to the first bursts of the writer's vision.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > -
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