A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[James Robertson]

I sure wish someone would record an audiobook of V, and Vineland. That new
George Guidall version of GR is marvellous.
On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 at 8:48 pm jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>> >> >> >>>>>
>>>> >> >> >>>>>
>>>> >> >> >>>>
>>>> >> >> >>>
>>>> >> >> >>>
>>>> >> >> >
>>>> >> >> -
>>>> >> >> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>>
>>>
>>
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