A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[David Ewers]

I feel so redundant!

On Jul 21, 2015, at 6:53 PM Jolly good day we are having, John Bailey wrote:

> The order seems to remain the same.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:55 AM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Me too!
>> 
>> 1. V.
>> 2. Gravity's Rainbow
>> 3. Mason & Dixon
>> 4/5. Against the Day
>> 4/5. Crying of Lot 49
>> 6. Vineland
>> 7. Inherent Vice
>> 8. Bleeding Edge
>> 
>> On Jul 21, 2015, at 6:22 PM Jolly good day we are having, Mark Thibodeau
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I love the diversity of opinions, too, but I'm kind of surprised at how bad
>> V. is faring!
>> 
>> MT/J
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Love the diversity of rankings in rating one great author. Rather like six
>>> blind men describing an elephant. We each have our opinions and our reasons
>>> for them. I love GR, I truly do, and it may be the greater work for all it
>>> did to shape postmodernism, but:
>>> 
>>> 1. M&D
>>> 2. GR
>>> 3. AtD
>>> 4. V. / COL 49  (tie)
>>> 5. Vineland
>>> 6. BE
>>> 7. IV
>>> 8. Slow Learner
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:48 PM, glenn fuller <glennfuller at sbcglobal.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> G.R.
>>>> A.t.D.
>>>> T.C.O.L.49
>>>> Vineland
>>>> M&D
>>>> I.V.
>>>> B.E.
>>>> V
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 

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