A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[John Bailey]

No, it just means that mathematical averages cannot capture the
delightful diversity of our responses! Collating the different lists
into one loses something the way that a plot summary of a P novel will
never suffice.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:10 PM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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