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From: krantz@csd2.UUCP (Michaelntz)
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Subject: Re: Thomas Pynchon
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Date: Sat, 22-Feb-86 01:41:00 EST
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Well, finally a serious literary discussion on the net.

Pynchon, depending on your aesthetic tastes, may well be
the greatest living writer of fiction in the English
language.  Gravity's Rainbow, in scope and depth, is
really comparable only to Ulysses, and there are those
who'd say it's better (though I'm not among them). 
Personally, my favorite novelist is E.L. Doctorow, 
but that's sort of arguable with Pynchon around.

Given the incredible amount of work that's gone into
his first 3 books, it seems safe to assume that another
monumental saga is on its way.  Lord only knows when it
will arrive and what it will be, though.

To those who haven't found new editions of V. - they
certainly exist in New York City.  If you live anywhere
else that's your own fault.  :-)

- Michael Krantz

"A door slammed.  The maid screamed.  Suddenly a pirate
 ship appeared on the horizon."