Retry: In a previous thread, I asked you: "Did it seem like Pynchon, considering he is tackling very contemporary material, seem aged at all or irrelevant?" You said, resoundingly, "NO." Since you are posting about it again, I thought maybe you had just recently finished and at the time of our previous conversation were still in the process of reading Bleeding Edge. I was curious as to whether your experience that lead to the comment above about the last two-thirds of the novel perhaps sullied your initial opinion, which was pretty positive. No snark intended. My first comment sucked.
Ah! I had forgotten about that convo. No, I finished it ages ago. Interestingly the review (you may've read it) tackles the relevance issue head on and agreed completely with me. Still no. Very impressed and I think some critics are viewing Bleeding Edge as something of a return to form (a return which I think was hinted at heavily in Inherent Vice, which I consider a very good novel).
Yeah, I noticed that was one of the first things mentioned when I skimmed through the article, which is great. I'm really tempted to jump into Mason and Dixon on the enthusiastic recommendation of a Thom Yorke look-alike I met in Marfa several years ago, but I need a break from big books.
