GR is one of Pynchon's I haven't read...now I guess I have to :) Jim >Jim-- > > I think M&D is a spectacular novel, an artistic rival to >Gravity's >Rainbow, no question. (I'd like to see other writers attempt to write >an >ENTIRE 800 page novel in dialect from 2 centuries earlier with as much >panache as Pynchon did) I think, however, GR is first of my Pynchon >faves, >next is M&D, then CL49. Pynchon being left off this list was total >ignominy, but Gore Vidal (a noted Pynchon detractor--one of the few >I've >heard go Public), being on the Board (bored?) of voters for ML may >have had >an Invisible Hand in the works chosen at some level--who knows? > > >Cheers! > > D. > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]