Everything okay out there in Pynchon-land?

[Atticus Pinecone]

I like DeLillo, but found Zero K rolling my eyes every few pages. What was it that you all liked about it?

> On Dec 4, 2017, at 1:24 PM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> LK
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>> 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.
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>> Becky
>> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
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>> > On Dec 3, 2017, at 10:24 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Is it understood that the object of our obsession is currently working on a new long-form work? Or is this just conjecture?
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>> > 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.
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>> > Anyone else out there have any opinions re: Zero K?
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>> > Jerky
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>> > 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.
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>> > A.
>> > ​
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