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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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  • Friday, November 24, 2006 02:14 PM

    Pynchon and the Critics

    I picked up the book yesterday and by page five it was obvious that Pynchon's critics have once again missed the boat.

    In either case, I for one savor Pynchon for words, words, words. If I find myself jonesing for a simple, linear plot I can always find an old Zane Grey.

    —Joel_Grant Read Joel_Grant's other letters

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