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Anything I should know or do before I dive in? For example, when reading Gravity's Rainbow I wished I had just kept a list with some notes on all the characters.

I know very little about the actual history of M&D, is it better to read up on that a little first or just go in cold?

>> No.10025034

Just go, it doesn't jump between characters as much

>> No.10025037

>>10024972
ignite a giant spliff. You're in for some DUDE WEED LMAO

>> No.10025223

Read the entire western canon up to 1997. The post-1997 canon is recommended as well.

>> No.10025378

>>10024972

Just Dive In . . . the famous last words. But go on ahead lad, you're ready for it. Right? It's OK to be nervous, especially with things getting so Politickal these days . . .

Up, Down, Left & Right,
Father, Son & Holy Spirit!
Mason & Dixon,
Oh Boy, Let's Yell & Cheer It!

>> No.10025395

>>10024972
its not very challenging. the only thing that confused mewas when the narration changed from Rev. Cherrycoke to his relations reading out of Ghastly Fop ~pg. 500
t. just read it

>> No.10025396

I've read a lot of Pynchon, started with GR, and am really excited to read this. Just gotta bite the bullet and dive in. I hear it is his best by many

>> No.10025402

It's his best, and very moving. Don't go long stretches without reading it though, or you'll have a hard time getting back into it.

>> No.10025406

What's the problem, Anon? It's just a

Rag-a-muffin' life
To pull-you-through-that strife
Ain't nothin' to joke,
But if you'll only just smoak
Then maybe it'll be all-right?

[Chorus]
But that (oh)
Full-some pre-tentio-si-ty
That fills your -- thoughts, with me-diocri-ty
It's just (hey!)
Holdin' you back
If it would give you some slack
You might 'preciate ver-bosity

[Neckbeards and shitposters amble in, tripping over each others' feet; an unrealistically proportioned nude male of color begins gyrating his hips in an animated fashion, drawing one's eye--and yes, the Anons' as well!--toward the pendulous 'pendage which describes major arcs at pelvic-level. A passing /pol/lak, copy of The Culture Of Critique in hand, pauses to gaze 'pon the sight, salivating involuntarily]

>> No.10025416

>hey guys do i need to learn something before i learn something

>> No.10025435

>>10025416
That's why they teach differential equations in 3rd grade right?

>> No.10025442

>>10025435

Are you in third grade and do you think a rigid progression is required to learn?

>> No.10025452

>>10025442
No and sometimes yes