Everything okay out there in Pynchon-land?

Laura Kelber laurakelber at gmail.com
Mon Dec 4 12:24:52 CST 2017


I thought the original question referred to the P-list -- the passing of
the December 1st start of the M&D group read, and the deafening silence on
that score -- rather than to Pynchon himself.

LK

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> I enjoyed Zero K -   I think it’s probably DeLillo at his usual finest -
> only Underworld and possibly The Names stand higher.  I also   was strongly
> reminded of Point Omega or,  maybe in some ways,  The Names.
>
>
> Becky
> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>
> > On Dec 3, 2017, at 10:24 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Is it understood that the object of our obsession is currently working
> on a new long-form work? Or is this just conjecture?
> >
> > I'm half-way through Zero K, Delillo's latest. At this point, it could
> end up being just slightly better than, or just slightly less amazing than,
> Point Omega.
> >
> > Anyone else out there have any opinions re: Zero K?
> >
> > Jerky
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:56 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Tough question, Tom's next location/dateline, especially after Vineland.
> But always willing to respond to difficult questions, I'm going to suggest
> that he return to the past, as Neal Stephenson did with the fabulous
> trilogy; alternatively, maybe he could pen a story about being best man to
> Richard Farina, who married Mimi, sister of Joan Baez and author of Been
> Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.
> >
> > A.
> > ​
> >
>
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