A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels
jochen stremmel
jstremmel at gmail.com
Wed Jul 22 03:47:00 CDT 2015
2nd that!
2015-07-22 9:55 GMT+02:00 Heikki R <situations.journeys.comedy at gmail.com>:
> 1. Gravity's Rainbow
> 2. V.
> 3. Mason & Dixon
> 4. The Crying of Lot 49
> 5. Vineland
> 6. Against the Day
> 7. Inherent Vice
> 8. Bleeding Edge
>
>
> In fact, on a couple of occasions, the contestants were
> shoulder-to-shoulder. But I decided to avoid ties (perhaps for tactical
> reasons).
>
>
> Heikki
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 7:02 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Eaux Contraire!
>> Inclusion is de facto non-flame. Love is the answer.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> ... speaking of flame wars ...
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 11:04 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Elected Officials are all we got in this semi-democracy. Love it or
>>> Leave
>>> > it.
>>> >
>>> > We need to embrace democracy, with all its warts. We are extremely
>>> lucky to
>>> > be living in a place where we would want to discuss this abstraction.
>>> >
>>> > David Morris
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Americans will vote for almost anything except elected officials.
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:33 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> > 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
>>> >
>>> >> >> 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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