{"id":4299,"date":"2009-08-05T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T09:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4299"},"modified":"2009-08-04T21:35:51","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T01:35:51","slug":"even-0-fers-get-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/even-0-fers-get-the-blues","title":{"rendered":"Even 0-fers Get the Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of Sam Anderson’s “I never liked you”<\/a> review of the new Thomas Pynchon novel<\/a>\"\" (a book I’m uninterested in reading), which is based in the wonderful world of 1970, this week’s 0-fer is . . . Tom Robbins<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I’ve never read a word of any of Robbins’ novels, even though he was the go-to suggestion in my early college years whenever I’d mention that I was a fan of Pynchon’s work.<\/p>\n

In later college years, Don DeLillo was the go-to suggestion. Sadly, I have <\/em>read some books by him. I’m sure David Foster Wallace took the “If you like Pynchon, you’ll like . . .” role later in the ’90s. I have no idea who it is now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In honor of Sam Anderson’s “I never liked you” review of the new Thomas Pynchon novel (a book I’m uninterested in reading), which is based in the wonderful world of 1970, this week’s 0-fer is . . . Tom Robbins! I’ve never read a word of any of Robbins’ novels, even though he was the … <\/p>\n

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