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What's /lit/'s favorite Thomas Pynchon novel? Also why?

>> No.16894350

Gravity's Rainbow.

All his books to me seem like a journey of meaning but the femdom kind where the girl doesn't let you cum at the end. When I read GR it was confusing but I felt there was something I didn't understand that was worth revisiting some other time in the future

>> No.16895153

>>16894320
M&D
The most human and least convoluted + very comfy.

>> No.16895425

Mason and dixon cause it's wacky but with heart

>> No.16895630

>>16894320
Crying of Lot 49 because it's the shortest

>> No.16895681

>>16895630
Kek

>> No.16895893

It's between Gravity's Rainbow and V.

I read GR before V. and absolutely loved it for its energy, humor, and total imagination, but I felt, for obvious reasons, like I missed quite a bit and that there was so much content that was so deliberately unorganized that I find it hard to have a final, definitive opinion on it.

V., on the other hand, I read much more recently and felt like I understood quite a bit more of it. And, importantly, it's so much more focused and human than Gravity's Rainbow, at least in all the Benny Profane sections. Plus, I love that 1950s, beatnik New York City setting, and I like to cozy up in it in a way I don't with the WW2 setting of GR.

All that said, though: it's difficult to pick between the two. Gravity's Rainbow is so much more confident, explosive, and idea-rich than V., but V. is a little closer to my own heart (and comprehension ability), so I'm not sure I could make the choice.

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>>16894320
GR and M&D are his two best. The best of those two is certainly M&D. It has much more verve and human emotion it, diving deep into comraderie, passion, and loss. These human elements only occasionally bubble to the surface in GR—in its best episodes, no coincidence—while usually being lost in the sea of technical references, overbearing themes, and intentional complexity and obscurance. No doubt Pynch got a lot more mature between writing the two books. GR is from a kid saying "Look, I'm smart," M&D is from a man wizened and humbled by the years, and probably thinking of death more and more.

>> No.16896403

>>16894320
Gravity’s rainbow - it’s his most emotional and powerful. The story is amazing.

I don’t really get all the m&d hype it was good but pretty standard pinecone.

Still need to read AtD and IV so not a complete perspective.

>> No.16896517

Pynchon is shite

>> No.16896751

>>16896517
How come

>> No.16897313

>>16895153
This, plus the superb style.

>> No.16898234

>>16895153
>>16895425
>>16895954
>>16897313
Chads