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Discuss. Anonymous Sun Jul 23 23:21:50 2017 No.9797986 [Reply] [Original]

Let's talk about Thomas Pynchon.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 23 23:27:28 2017 No.9798004 Who is he?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 23 23:29:08 2017 No.9798009 no

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 23 23:46:52 2017 No.9798085 >>9798009 Well informed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 00:01:24 2017 No.9798162 >>9797986 go to bed Ruggles

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 00:04:26 2017 No.9798180 >>9797986 I have V, GR, Vineland, and Mason & Dixon on my shelf. What do I read

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 00:09:28 2017 No.9798202 >>9798180 Have you read any? Start with V obviously

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 00:11:07 2017 No.9798210 >>9798180 Vineland.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 00:58:33 2017 No.9798360 >>9798180 Against the Gay

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 01:03:34 2017 No.9798380 >>9798180 If those are what you have, start with V. Otherwise, I'd suggest Inherent Vice.

>>	John Anon Mon Jul 24 03:21:43 2017 No.9798715 >>9797986 Father of Dave Eggers

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 04:45:52 2017 No.9798881 I've only recently gotten into Pynchon, having put him off for years, and I'm really enjoying it. My only complaint would be his Excessive Nominalisation though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 04:48:02 2017 No.9798887 >>9798715 Can't make an omelette without breaking a few Eggers.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 04:48:05 2017 No.9798888 Does anyone here think he still has it in him to write another great book?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 04:53:33 2017 No.9798899 >>9798888 He's working on one right now. pls be true ruggy bby

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 07:40:41 2017 No.9799287 >>9798180 The Crying Of Lot 49 is the best one to begin with. V. maybe, if you don't Lot49 but I didn't like V. that much.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 07:42:17 2017 No.9799290 I have Bleeding Edge but I never hear anyone discuss is... what gives?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 08:55:54 2017 No.9799459 >>9799290 It's good, but I think there's a kind of disdain for old men writing about young people things and doing it better than the young people could ever hope to. I don't think it will be really appreciated for another decade or two at least.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 09:19:23 2017 No.9799518 >>9798180 read Wallace instead. He's far superior why anyone reads proto-wallacian authors now that we have Wallace is beyond my reasoning capabilities (which are considerable)

>>	John Anon Mon Jul 24 11:05:14 2017 No.9799841 >>9799518 Wallace is overrated. His ideas were good sometimes but his writing was often not. Infinite Jest is like a fat man sprinting. He doesn't do a good job at gaining any distance fast.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 24 13:41:19 2017 No.9800365 >>9798881 100% this.