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Tuesday, November 21, 2006 12:00 AM

The fall of the house of Pynchon

Slogging through the science and history, sex and paranoia that crowd Thomas Pynchon's cartoonish new novel, it's obvious his disciples now write better Big Idea novels than he does.
By Laura Miller

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  • Monday, November 20, 2006 08:52 PM

    Neal Stephanson - the heir?

    It took quite a while but after finishing Neal Stephanson's Baroque trilogy, I thought of Pynchon and how much I had enjoyed Gravity's Rainbow.

    But not really Vineland and I could not get started with Mason and Dixon.

    Stephanson's energy and narrative drive to me have that scope and fun I enjoyed in GR and before.

    I'll still try this one, but will be comparing it to Stephanson all the way.

    Richard Baer

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