Ian’s Comments (group member since Nov 11, 2015)

Ian’s comments from the "Against the Day", Thomas Pynchon - 2015 / 2016 group.

Silver halide!

Keep an eye out for the Tasmanian allusions, which relate to a Professor who encouraged female math students and whose wife was a prominent feminist. Our daughters went to a school named after Mary Somerville.

A recommendation: The novel is divided into what appears to be chapters and sub-chapters. However, in my hardback copy (I assume it's the same for all editions?) the chapters aren't numbered.

If you like to have a rest or a sense of achievement at the end of a chapter, I recommend that you pencil in the chapter numbers:

See here for an example.

Renato wrote: "Glad to see you here, Ian!"

Thanks, Renato and Michael, for the invite. I'm quite excited about the prospect of tackling this novel together.

Pynchon is one of my top four or five novelists. I've been making room for both "Mason and Dixon" and "Against the Day", and this will give me the impetus I need.

I will probably start "Mason and Dixon" now, with the aim of finishing it before the group read.