Today is trailer day from me. P's backlist, newly trailered

[Mark Kohut]

Yeah. I think the speed was to just hint at full linguistic depth without
real focusing on lines; verbal suggestiveness.
 Like quick hint action scene cuts.
Then the books come at a right pace...

But I think the speed may signal 'hard to read' to new readers and feed the
Reasons to Avoid Reading Pynchon feeling.


On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like it. But I know all those first sentences, with a cluster of
> associations popping up at once for each. New readers might be better lured
> by a slower pace, especially as several of those first sentences are pretty
> damn good tell-me-more hooks even without the associations we bring.
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.pentagram.com/#/blog/41010
>>
>
>
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