Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!lewis%spider.DEC@decwrl.ARPA From: lewis%spider.DEC@decwrl.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Thomas Pynchon Message-ID: <12400@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 04:03:35 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12400 Posted: Tue Aug 14 04:03:35 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Aug-84 02:14:00 EDT Lines: 11 From: lewis%spider.DEC@decwrl.ARPA (Suford Lewis) I tried to start V. and The Journal of Albion Moonlight and found both to be full of pretentious, self-indulgent writing about silly, uninteresting characters. They might have claimed to be looking for "MEANING" but they were'nt looking very hard and they didn't really seem to want to find any. However, since I couldn't finish either, and both were relatively early works, perhaps someone can tell me why Pynchon is worth reading? - Suford