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Pynchon fans of /lit/,

What should I read after Gravity's Rainbow?

>> No.1037475

Against le Diem

>> No.1037479
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1037479

>>1037475
You are the worst kind of person.

>> No.1037485

>>1037475
>>1037479

I agree. It would be "Contre Joure" anyway.

OP: Inherent Vice or Against the Day would be equally good places to go, especially the former if you want a break from dense prose.

>> No.1037489

V. if you haven't already.

>> No.1037496

>>1037489

Ah, I suppose I should say Gravity's Rainbow is the only thing of his I've read(well, besides a couple short stories, his intro to 1984, and his foreword to Slow Learner).

>> No.1037500

>>1037485
So now I can't mix French and Latin? You guys are lame. English does it anyways so whatever, it sounds cool.

>> No.1037504

>>1037500

You mix all the Romance languages you want. Fuck the haters.

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>>1037504
Haters gonna hate.

>> No.1037510

how do i understand gravity's rainbow? do you pynchon fans even?

>> No.1037523

>>1037510

There are guides around, but I wouldn't recommend them for your first read.

>> No.1037539

>>1037510

reread it

>> No.1037551

>>1037539
nigga please

i only got the page 600 or so and my brain was already water.

at least it was 30 times better than infinite jest, but still, god damn

>> No.1037575

>>1037551
Well then reread the first 600 pages.

>> No.1037582

V. is amazing

>> No.1037585

>>1037551
30 times more readable than Infinite Jest?

>> No.1037612

>>1037585
no, not at all. i meant better, as in quality.

>> No.1037620

>>1037612
So, you're saying that a book you couldn't finish and had no comprehension of was better than a book that you've (presumably) finished?

Yeah, Finnegans Wake is my favorite book too.

>> No.1037631

>>1037620
no you fucking nigger, that's not at all what i'm saying. did i say i didn't comprehend? no. i got tried of the drug rambling and trivia. and for infinite jest, i was implying it's shit. and yes, i did finish it solely because the readability wasn't too difficult.

and fuck off bout finnegan's wake you trashy fag, no one would expect you to understand the beauty of the language

>> No.1037643

>>1037631
did i say i didn't comprehend? no.

I must've been misinterpreting:
>>1037510
>how do i understand gravity's rainbow?
>>1037551
>i only got the page 600 or so and my brain was already water.

>> No.1037657

>>1037643
sure did buddy

>> No.1037665

>>1037631
I don't think you're quite old enough for these boards my friend.

>> No.1037706

>>1037631
drug rambling and trivia are a serious part of the book, dude. it's not in there for you to just say "well this is kinda' boring, so it's pure shite."

>> No.1037780

>>1037631
~2 str8edge 4 pynchon~