Re: Hello
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 08:16:55 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 97-11-15 04:16:23 EST, you write:
<< > Hey, about the No Quoting rule...does that even apply to brief
quotations
> from texts to illustrate points? Just curious.
Brief quotations are not a problem; however, as the Ian Hamilton biography
of Salinger demonstrated, it's pretty hard to define what is reasonable
in a quotation. And we've seen that Salinger's lawyers are pretty
tenacious about protecting the writer's work. (Quite properly, I say.)
>>
Thanks for the welcome :) I kinda suspected the rule applied to posting
complete works, but wanted to make sure.
It's great hearing about Pynchon a bit on the list. I've been reading _Mason
and Dixon_, and think it's one of his best (but I have V and GR on my shelf
and haven't read them yet...I started V, but haven't finished it). There's a
couple spots where it seems like a string of short stories, the way each
chapter seems self contained, but I think that's a strength in a novel that
long too.
Someone really thought Salinger and Pynchon were the same person? You're
kidding, right? :) They both have the ability to wrap their writing styles
around a number of different voices, but the voices they create are totally
different, and Pynchon's humor seems a lot more ribald than Salinger's, and
his tone seems less serious overall (it's like he keeps his tongue planted
firmly in cheek most of the time, and pulls it out for a serious aside
occasionally, letting you in on the secret that his humor was serious all
along...).
Jim