A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[Mark Kohut]

Also, very notably imho, the deepest depth of the positiveness inside
his world vision.
To say clunky and prosaically. If not clicheisly. So to speak.


On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:47 AM, James Robertson
<james at themutedposthorn.com> wrote:
> AtD is a blast. Some of his best sentences
>
> On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 at 11:46 pm James Robertson <james at themutedposthorn.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 1. GR
>> 2. CoL49
>> 3. MD
>> 4. AtD
>> 5. V
>> 6. IV
>> 7. BE
>> 8. The Recognitions (haha)
>> That said, for sheer fun, I'd pick up IV anytime.
>> James
>>
>> On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 at 11:31 pm Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This one's for Kai.....he can refute and I want to read his refutation:
>>>
>>> Lawrence Buell in his book on The Great American Novel sez that
>>> the weakest, of its dated time, aspect of Gravity's Rainbow is
>>> the Tarot stuff........
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:27 AM
>>> Subject: Re: A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels
>>> To: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll play. Contrarian.
>>>
>>> 1) Gravity's Rainbow, (perfect; so powerful) Against the Day (loose
>>> baggy monster but EVEN RICHER)
>>> 3) Mason & Dixon.....by a nose and leads when I am reading it, trying
>>> to feel it.
>>> 4) Crying of Lot 49
>>> 5) Bleeding Edge
>>> 6) Vineland
>>> 7) Inherent Vice.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:21 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > 1. Gravity's Rainbow
>>> > 2. V.
>>> > 3. Bleeding Edge
>>> > 4. Vineland
>>> > 5. Against the Day
>>> > 6. Mason & Dixon
>>> > 7. The Crying of Lot 49
>>> > 8. Inherent Vice
>>> >
>>> > On 21 Jul 2015 8:39 pm, "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> 1. Gravity's Rainbow
>>> >> 2. The Crying of Lot 49
>>> >> 3. Mason & Dixon
>>> >> 4. V.
>>> >> 5. Against the Day
>>> >> 6. Vineland
>>> >> 7. Inherent Vice
>>> >> 8. Bleeding Edge
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
>>> >> <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 1. Gravity's Rainbow
>>> >> > 2. Bleeding Edge
>>> >> > 3. Vineland
>>> >> > 4. The Crying of Lot 49
>>> >> > 5. Mason & Dixon
>>> >> > 6. V
>>> >> > 7. Against the Day
>>> >> > 8. Inherent Vice
>>> >> >
>>> >> > -
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