[ifinnegan]

I tried to like Pynchon.

I like people who attempt things, try things, create thing ambitiously.

But, often it’s not that good.

[Steely Tom]

Well, the passage you quoted from Ulysses gave me pause, as I said. I hereby ask to be permitted to withdraw my assertion that it was drivel. It is good, and interesting on multiple levels, I agree. But I read at least the first thirty pages of the book. To get to your quote one must read nearly 80% of the entire novel!

What did you think when you finally got there? Was it like the moment in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the beam of sunlight strikes the headpiece on the Staff of Ra? Was it like when Jake Blues has his moment of vision in the Triple Rock Baptist Church?