SLPAD - 17

[Mark Kohut]

Don't you think that with most works, later works, he did better
embody characters kinda differently?
That is, yes, always the ideas ["themes, symbols or other abstract unifying
agent]" but beyond these stories
he sorta has the vision first or simultaneously and he works characters in
themselves too, around, embedded
in the vision rather than vice versa? ...

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 5:21 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> This statement is simply hilarious, because Pynchon never stopped doing
> this.  Ever.
>
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 2:36 AM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > “It is simply wrong to begin with a theme, symbol or other abstract
> > unifying agent, and then try to force characters and events to conform to
> > it.”
> >
> > Seems reasonable.
> >
> > The reason he’s more dismayed with “Entropy” than with “Lowlands,” is
> that
> > “Entropy” is built around the concept, while the earlier story began with
> > the characters, and then added the fancy stuff.
> >
> >
> > Then there’s some fun with the etymology of “entropy,” an invented word.
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> >
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