Comments on: Pychon’s Descriptions http://ericswritingblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/pychons-descriptions/ The writing blog of Eric Rosenfield Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Swartzfeger http://ericswritingblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/pychons-descriptions/#comment-11 Swartzfeger Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:41:45 +0000 http://ericswritingblog.wordpress.com/?p=35#comment-11 Eric, excellent article. I've attempted various works by Pynchon but only managed to finish Lot 49. Overall -- Pynchon clearly has chops, but the obscure, rambling/run-on abstruse 'nonsense' of it ultimately turns me off. Same thing for me with James Joyce's Ulysses. I could devour Nabokov all day, but Pynchon feels like *work*. I may need more time with it, however. After reading Lot 49, it really kicked my own writing into another gear. Sometimes literature is like food... it took me years to like limburger. Now I love it. Eric, excellent article. I’ve attempted various works by Pynchon but only managed to finish Lot 49. Overall — Pynchon clearly has chops, but the obscure, rambling/run-on abstruse ‘nonsense’ of it ultimately turns me off. Same thing for me with James Joyce’s Ulysses. I could devour Nabokov all day, but Pynchon feels like *work*.

I may need more time with it, however. After reading Lot 49, it really kicked my own writing into another gear. Sometimes literature is like food… it took me years to like limburger. Now I love it.

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