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Subject: Pynchon
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Date: Thu, 30-Aug-84 02:38:35 EDT
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From:            Peter Reiher <reiher@UCLA-LOCUS.ARPA>

Needless to say, I do not agree with Mr. Duntemann's and Mr. Mclure's 
appraisal of "Gravity's Rainbow".  I should have mentioned earlier that
"Gravity's Rainbow" is not the sort of book everyone will like.  But, if
you do like it, you'll probably *really* like it.  Thus, for those with
any interest, I suggest borrowing a copy and reading the first fifty or
one hundred pages.  If you don't like it by this point, quit, as the
beginning of the book is representative of the rest.  (On one important
point Duntemann is definitely right.  "Gravity's Rainbow" is very long,
over 800 pages of small type in my edition.  If you dislike long books,
probably you shouldn't bother with it.)  Might further discussion of
the literary merits of this book be better carried out in private mail
or net.books?

					Peter Reiher
					reiher@ucla-cs.arpa
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