TY - JOUR AB - More than any other Pynchon novel, <em>Vineland </em>was a phenomenal popular success, holding its own on the <em>New York Times </em>Bestseller List for a surprising total of thirteen weeks (January 21–April 15, 1990). Not all book reviewers, however, were as enthusiastic as the book-buying public. A March 1990 letter to the <em>London Review of Books </em>claimed to have spotted a trend, noting the "general critical denunciation of the new book" and calculating the "current ratio" as about "three-to-one against" (Walker). While this negative press may characterize <em>Vineland's </em>reception in Britain (London <em>Times, </em>London <em>Observer, London Review of Books), </em>my informal estimate of the American reviews is three-to-two <em>in favor. </em>Many of this country's major publications gave <em>Vineland </em>positive notices <em>(Time, Newsweek) </em>and, in some important cases, glowing reviews <em>(New York Times Book Review, New Yorker, Los Angeles Times Book Review).</em> AU - Douglas Keesey DA - 1990/9// DO - 10.16995/pn.277 IS - 0 VL - 0 PB - Open Library of Humanities PY - 1990 TI - <i>Vineland</i> in the Mainstream Press: A Reception Study T2 - Pynchon Notes UR - http://pynchonnotes.openlibhums.org/article/id/2787/ ER -