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Post ending in doubles decides which one I start reading first
.

>> No.1072257 [DELETED] 

Lolita

>> No.1072260

Infinite Jest. You have to fucking think about that one?

>> No.1072259 [DELETED] 

Finnegans Wake

>> No.1072265

>>1072260
I don't really know what it's about but it seems to be held in high regard here

>> No.1072274

I don't know about here, but it's definitely a good book. I think any author who can write about lobsters and Adult Entertainment Awards in an interesting light is pretty fucking good by me.

>> No.1072277

Atlas Shrugged

>> No.1072268 [DELETED] 

Atlas Shruggef

>> No.1072279
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Atlas Shruggef

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>>1072277
oh boy here we go

>> No.1072281

Gravity's Rainbow.

>> No.1072287

>>1072265
It's insulting to Wallace (whose dead) and Pynchon (who probably couldn't give a fuck) to post a Neal Stephenson book between those two. I sort of understand choosing between Gravity's Rainbow and Infinite Jest (assuming you actually enjoy that style -- which I hope you do) but that's sort of just like huh?

I'd vote IJ because GR is a bit more intense. I also like IJ better, don't tell the guys though.

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>>1072277

>> No.1072291

Read them in order of complexity, starting with the most simple: Cryptonomicon, Infinite Jest and then Gravity's Rainbow.

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>>1072277

>> No.1072294

>>1072287
Is Neal Stephenson bad?

>> No.1072295

Inifinite Get

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>>1072277
>Atlas Shrugged

>> No.1072307

Infinite Jest obviously.

>> No.1072308

Nobody can get doubles I guess

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1072325

>It's too tiiiiiiiiiiiight
>ERRKKKKKHH HUG KRRRKKRKRR

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GR

>> No.1072328

Infinite Jest.

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1072333

Choose according to which author looks best.

DFW looks dead
Pynchon, well, who the fuck knows what he looks like
Neal Stephenson looks like a cool, geeky motherfucker

>> No.1072338

ITT: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Doorstopper

>> No.1072341

>>1072333
The multi-colored beard look is fucking weird. DFW looks like a caveman and Pynchon is about the ugliest motherfucker you'll ever see in your lifetime. They're all weird, so I vote IJ. But, the one post that votes stephenson got doubles so whatever.

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Bitches don't know bout my being dead

>> No.1072354

>>1072341
>But, the one post that votes stephenson got doubles
It got triples

Also what the fuck, DFW does not look like a caveman

>> No.1072355

>>1072347
It's already been brought up like 3 times that he's dead

>> No.1072357

>>1072355
>>1072355
>>1072355

There you are OP. Infinite Jest it is

>> No.1072358

Why not Ulysses or Finnegans Wake?

>> No.1072362

>>1072358
He was asking for books to read.