OT: Anathem

Paul B · 16 Sep 2008, 17:46 · from 2008-September.txt.gz

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From: pb.stuff at gmail.com (Paul B)
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:46:52 -0400
Subject: (urth) OT: Anathem
In-Reply-To: <C4F5217D.78C2%ishmael at drizzle.com>
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	<C4F5217D.78C2%ishmael at drizzle.com>
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Hellz yeah, Pynchon!  I love Gravity's Rainbow for its thematical scope and
sheer inventiveness, though I have no idea what you mean by "tight" writing
- Pynchon matches those two with some pretty rambling wordsmithing.

Paul

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:40 AM, James Crossley <ishmael at drizzle.com>wrote:

>
> I'm one.  And I've liked Stephenson in the past because of his Pynchon-lite
> qualities, but--and it feels strange to say this--I wish he could write as
> tightly as Pynchon.
>
> James
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