THOMAS PYNCHON National Book Award 1973
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george plimpton, good will hunting
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I like how one of the loaded suggestions is "Dark Ufo - Video Clip." Very Pynchonian.
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The Residents! Yayyyy!
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it sounded pretty uninteresting to me.
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@tottenham19 You forgot "turgid," "unreadable" and "obscene." But that was only the steering committee -- the dillettantes who control the purse strings. The Pu judges voted unanimously to award GR. The Pu still has meaning for journalism, but it's become sort of a joke for literature. It has ridiculous hard requirements like a baby has to be born near the end of a novel. Pynchon fans are still hoping on the Nobel. Pulitzer or Nobel, either you can be sure that Pynchon won't accept them.
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@budgiegeorge50 Pynchon himself, for one. He quotes The Residents (anachronistically) in his historiographic metafiction (or, if you prefer, steampunk) novel "Against The Day," p. 907, hardback ed.: "'Well,' adjusting her hat and turning to ascend the iron steps, 'here I come, Constantinople.'" Spoken by the well-developed (and thoroughly delightful) major character Dally Rideout.
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@budgiegeorge50 Me and my dad.
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Some people on the Pulitzer committee felt that the book was too dense and overwritten.
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How many people are Pynchon fans and Residents fans?
Pynchon is GOD! Or at least writes like he is.
dzangreazul 2 years ago 10
"However," lmao
pynchon rules corey rules
GLYPHKING 2 years ago 4