Thomas Pynchon: Against the Day (Virtual Worlds Kulture)

Thomas Pynchon: Ultimate Space Junky. Back before we had the neutrino ultra-engine drive, we had dirigibles and zeppelins and rattlesnakes in the desert which no one visited except old prospecting mountain men. And then, we had Pynchon. Against the Day is like steampunked cyberpunk with old pieces of wood and dried twigs for broadband. Thats steam-Punkt cyberpunk. Another Bookian reviewer, un-named, has stated the book is "too long, too flowery, to arcane, and too long.", but obviously is a Neanderthal living in a modern time-warp. This is one of the best Pynchons Ive read in a long time. I really enjoyed vineland, because of clear connection to the time and place... Pynchon has well proven that he is a master of the real. So when he writes something as intricate, surfacey, flat, and ultra-modern as Against The Day, even though its set back awhile, Its clear to me how cartoony our modern reality really is. hey! Its realism! If I want fiction Ill go watch the news. Yeah, thanks.

- mr. anarchy [Jan 15 2007 10:25 AM]