tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post4971553830251787788..comments2023-11-05T03:05:16.380-08:00Comments on No Useless Leniency: Always Already Co-OptationBenjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-4406925376054869382009-12-09T16:47:28.329-08:002009-12-09T16:47:28.329-08:00johneffay: 'That LRB review is a bit off: it i...johneffay: 'That LRB review is a bit off: it is actually really easy to follow the plot and characters by Pynchon's standards' <br /><br />That LRB review: IV is 'both shorter and easier to read than any of Pynchon’s previous novels apart from The Crying of Lot 49'<br /><br />So not that off, even by johneffay's standards.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222004515513034840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-34526691793353406652009-09-15T15:01:21.510-07:002009-09-15T15:01:21.510-07:00You know me well. Inherent vice sounds very much ...You know me well. Inherent vice sounds very much up my alley. The dark rotting core of 60s, the febrile heart of polished commodities, the burrowing termites of counter-revolution gnawing away at utopias... <br /><br />(That said, not a huge Pynchon fan at the end of the day, so my excitement about this book was relatively low. Perhaps my tune will change: I was always a Gaddis partisan, if one had to choose.)ECWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02142600295759704786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-41146450925631422372009-09-15T02:14:35.993-07:002009-09-15T02:14:35.993-07:00oh dear I went and bought in yesterday - awful cov...oh dear I went and bought in yesterday - awful cover...<br />Still P is P, and I seem to have read all his work so far, unusual for me, so I'll 'do' this one as well.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-54105515890509989812009-09-14T04:17:46.713-07:002009-09-14T04:17:46.713-07:00It's more Vineland than M&D, I'm afrai...It's more <i>Vineland</i> than <i>M&D</i>, I'm afraid; sort of Pynchon-lite. I thought it was better than <i>Vineland</i>, though.<br /><br />That LRB review is a bit off: it is actually really easy to follow the plot and characters by Pynchon's standards, despite the fact that it is written from the point of view of a guy who is permanently stoned.johneffayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188565082989108143noreply@blogger.com