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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: re: Barth's THE SOT-WEED FACTOR
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 09:33:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 09:33:13 1986
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> From:	brl-smoke!floyd
 
> I am curious about anyone's comments about John Barth.  I got a copy
> of "The Sot-Weed Factor" in the same way.  Having not had enough time
> to read either of them (time..   I never have the time to read all
> the stuff I would like to) I am interested to find out if I should
> make the effort sooner.

I first read Barth in college when my professor for my Colonial America
course assigned us THE SOT-WEED FACTOR (he thought reading a novel about
the times would be as worthwhile as yet another history book). I didn't
know what to expect from the book and I enjoyed it thoroughly. It's
worth your while to read it, and is more "accessible" than Pynchon or
Vonnegut.
	I've since read CHIMERA and GILES, GOAT-BOY and liked those two
as well. I've got copies of THE FLOATING OPERA and END OF THE ROAD, but
haven't as yet gotten to them, nor have I managed to re-read SOT-WEED,
which I have promised myself to do one of these days.

That same professor, for a different class (Revolutionary America), also
assigned ARUNDEL by Kenneth Roberts, which led to a "love affair" with
his books as well.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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