Odds of another Pynchon novel

[David Morris]

Sorta like early vs late Brecht. Art is polluted by politics.

On Saturday, June 13, 2015, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems to me that Pynchon is much more explicit in the post-GR collection
> in portioning out blame, without the clutter of a mystical detective puzzle
> scaffold: Reagan, the FBI, Republicans, penises, the LAPD and police of all
> stripes, Microsoft, plutocrats of all stripes, and all intimate
> complications within the Beltway. i.e. the lines of good and bad are more
> sharply drawn (M&D retained much of that mystical which is why I don't
> include in this collection. We really dont know who They/M is though we
> know the East India Co has a few members). That's what I mean by a more
> direct style. the GR template is only my conceit for  the scaffolding. I
> also say all this acknowledging how these two threads are ever connected,
> despite the ostensible break and that there isnt anything wrong or
> necesarily lesser in the later works (Pynchon hasnt lost that voice): I
> would only argue such directness, aesthetically, dilutes while it instructs
> (sorta like comparing early REM to late REM)
>
>
>
> rich
>
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:41 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> I, too, wish you would elaborate on these two points, Direct Style and GR
>> Template.  Masters Thesis sounding titles.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Friday, June 12, 2015, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mark.kohut at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Friend Rich,
>>> [...]
>>> And, I do not understand what " the new direct style" even IS per your
>>> reference. later works " more direct in style" than GR???....
>>>
>>> How, tell me, is AtD based on a GR template, which is Wha ????
>>>
>>
>
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