Re: Speaking of Pynchon… (SLPAD)

[Michael Bailey]

And remember the passage about the cattle in Chicago?


“Generations have trod, have trod, have trod,” eh?
(hey, Father Hopkins,
shouldn’t that be “trodden?” (-;)


Yet & still, each age has its pleasures, n’est ça pas?





On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 4:31 PM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, I don't have my ATD handy, but there's a description of the end of a
> sea journey (maybe when Dally's arriving in Europe?) that talks about the
> vast horizon of the sea narrowing as the ship heads to port; a narrowing of
> possibilities. Who wouldn't look at aging that way, at times? Whatever the
> accomplishments, the joy of the journey, the possibilities are dwindling
> away to nothingness. Though I still hope he has something more to share
> with us.
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 4:22 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh Ghod no - I think he’d be in awe of _Bleeding Edge_, whose edges are
>> so much less rough than _V._’s
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 5:32 AM Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Pynchon turns 86 in May. Would his young writer self, to whom the whole
>>> world was open, new, free of rules or cares, 86 this guy? I think he might.
>>>
>>