A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[David Morris]

Voting is so American Idol!  I want my choice to win!
Face facts: Votes aren't gunna be backed up by essays.
David Morris

On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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
> <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>>
> >>> 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 <javascript:;>>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> G.R.
> >>>>> A.t.D.
> >>>>> T.C.O.L.49
> >>>>> Vineland
> >>>>> M&D
> >>>>> I.V.
> >>>>> B.E.
> >>>>> V
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> -
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