Odds of another Pynchon novel

[rich]

friends

I dont think AtD comes anywhere close to GR. I meant he took the GR
template and fit it within his "new direct style", begun in Vineland and
continued in IV and BE. Finding that new direction was probably the reason
for the 17 yr absence (M&D was begun before that discovery most likely).

rich





On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com>
wrote:

> and in response to Rich,
>
> AtD was at least loosely in the works since before GR was published.
> Remember that letter to Candida? It might have been lacking almost
> everything we'd associate with the finished product, but I think it
> appearing to be a reworking of GR is at least in part because of it's
> relative positioning-- on the P's authorial timetable (er timespasm?)
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:48 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I wondered whether AtD was Pynchon's rework of GR but with much clearer
>> declarations, character development, calling out his "bad guys" which I
>> think would fit well with the last two efforts as well, with the added
>> clarity of him living through those times. with Vineland IV and BE out of
>> the way, I'm not sure there's another book like it from his personal life
>> like those were. but what do I know
>>
>> rich
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd rather have no more Pynchon than disappointing or compromised
>>> Pynchon.
>>>
>>> If we're going to have another work I think it'll be the same length as
>>> IV or BE (if not shorter) - I think Pynchon knows time is passing and has
>>> abandoned the epic multi narratives since ATD to focus on smaller, more
>>> self contained works.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, June 12, 2015, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> maybe/maybe not though leaving BE as a final statement would be
>>>> unfortunate
>>>>
>>>> as I made my way finally through the book, there were glimpses of what
>>>> makes Pynchon Pynchon (much of the Windust scenes and some of Maxine's
>>>> later adventures in Deep Archer searching for Lester Traipse) but in such a
>>>> dialogue heavy/plot driven book, they were few and far between. I skimmed
>>>> through the last 50 pgs, not really caring all that much.
>>>>
>>>> rich
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Jamie McKittrick <jamiemckit at gmail.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts? Will we get another one? Two? Maybe a posthumous work?
>>>>>
>>>>> Apologies for the Friday afternoon morbidity. Taking bets... now!
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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