Just started Gravity's Rainbow

[Anonymous No.18309379]

What am I in for?

[Anonymous No.18309441]

In all likelihood? Frustration and then a paperweight or doorstop.

[Anonymous No.18309508]

Who the hell is Vintage Pynchon? Is that a French name?

[Anonymous No.18309572]

The first section is a bit of a slog, better on a reread, but once you get to the second part it really takes off.

[Anonymous No.18309616]

Rainbow of Gravity

[Anonymous No.18309633]

>>18309508
Assuming you are retarded, it's Vintage as in the publisher and Pynchon as in Thomas Pynchon's last name.

[Anonymous No.18309659]

>>18309379
Also I only read Inherent Vice beforehand, but I am probably going to read GR a couple of times

[Anonymous No.18309663]

>>18309379
Question: Does Pynch still post in this board?

[Anonymous No.18309681]

>>18309379
Neil gaimans mary sue main character was reading this book as a teenager in american gods.

[Anonymous No.18309788]

>>18309379
200 pages of prologue

[Anonymous No.18309838]

>>18309663
that dude vanished totally from the world he was on jeopardy once

[Anonymous No.18309941]

>>18309379
Gayness, you should stop wasting time and just read the Holy Bible.

[Anonymous No.18310026]

>>18309379
Honest opinion here:
I love that book. Is my fav novel.
Yes, its a bit tricky, but not hard or impossible. Is it rewarding? Absolutely.
I helped my comprehension of the text with two websites:

Page by Page Annotations: https://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pages_3-7

and

https://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/rainbow.htm

just found this:

https://thelibguy.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/gravitys-rainbow-beyond-the-zero-chapter-summaries/

Man, I loved the experience of reading it. Is full of adventure, humor and so many things I can't even begin to describe, it's amazing.

Hope you enjoy it

[Anonymous No.18310104]

>>18310026
woah based de link thx

[Anonymous No.18310207]

>>18309838
Which episode please

[Anonymous No.18310214]

>>18309508
Most I've laughed in a long time.

[Anonymous No.18310224]

>>18309508
This was pretty funny

[Anonymous No.18310318]

>>18310207
figure out who he is first sheesh

[Anonymous No.18310480]

be patient when you read it. it takes work to appreciate, and if you aren't willing to invest effort you won't like it much (and there is nothing wrong with not wanting to read such a book, for the record).
many people carry around luggage about this book, and frankly it's downright weird. people who like it tend to "show off", people who hated it tend to be frustrated and write it off entirely. approach it in a more detached way and you'll find it more enjoyable. half the enjoyment comes from the aesthetic quality of Pynchon's prose, not the plot or characters. if you are hellbent on reading/understanding GR the same way as you've read/understood previous novels, you'll be disappointed.

[Anonymous No.18310536]

>>18310480
Good answer
>half the enjoyment comes from the aesthetic quality of Pynchon's prose, not the plot or characters. if you are hellbent on reading/understanding GR the same way as you've read/understood previous novels, you'll be disappointed.
This is great to keep in mind. Before I read it i saw someone say something to the effect of "On the first read you might not even understand half of what is going on. Just keep reading instead of trying to understand everything"

[Anonymous No.18310697]

>>18310536
Yeah pretty much. I think its hardness is overestimated. Not to say that it's an easy read, but I definitely understood the gist of the plot after my first blind readthrough without any external sources

[Anonymous No.18311428]

Gravity's Gaybro

[Anonymous No.18312121]

>>18309663
No i dont.

[Anonymous No.18312128]

>>18312121
Checked and blessed pynch.

[Anonymous No.18312164]

>>18309441
kek. this happened to me the first four times i tried to read it.

[Anonymous No.18312245]

>Dude
>Bananas lol
>I’m so quirky and random
>xD

[Anonymous No.18312425]

>>18312245
>bananas
t. read only the first chapter

[Anonymous No.18312505]

>>18312245
The word filtered is overused on this board but you got actually filtered

[Anonymous No.18312864]

>>18309379
The most overrated of this board's top books. A genuinely unenjoyable exercise in obscurantist logorrhea. Ghastly.

[Anonymous No.18312868]

>>18309379
Best book I've ever read

[Anonymous No.18312924]

>>18312864
Most of it is incredibly straightforward to read. There are honestly not many parts that are difficult to comprehend at all, and the rare sections that are are so on purpose because the characters themselves are in confusing situations.
There is a stark and easily noticeable difference between a good writer with a wide vocabulary and a bad writer using "obscurantism," and if you think Pynchon is the latter you either haven't read him or you haven't read anything else since high school.

[Anonymous No.18312941]

>>18309441
A bit eerie, but true to me.

[Anonymous No.18312968]

>>18312924
I'm right and you're wrong. That's really all there is to it.

[Anonymous No.18313094]

>>18312968
How do you read something like this and accuse the author of being an obscurantist? If you genuinely can't parse this, what books are the right level of difficulty for you? Are you just too dumb to read anything beyond YA?

[Anonymous No.18313761]

>>18312245
don't post this fake pic, you stupid zoomer

pynchon isn't bald

[Anonymous No.18315153]

>>18312121
checked

[Anonymous No.18315216]

>>18313094
Based. Funnily enough I just reread this section.

[Anonymous No.18315218]

>>18310026
Nice links.

Aside: anyone know a good source of ebooks with annotations?

[Anonymous No.18315354]

>>18313094
Lmao what the fuck is this

It's literally a Loonytunes scene. If the rest of GR is like this, I'll read it. I don't give a shit about plot. This is just genuinely funny

[Anonymous No.18315386]

>>18313094
Abhorrent

[Anonymous No.18315542]

Bananas, toilet seat, bunny/pig? costume, drugs, suspense, calculations, bombs, confusion

[Anonymous No.18315552]

GR is fun. Against The day is the real doozy imo

[Anonymous No.18315576]

le bananes xd

i only read the first ten pages but i pretend i read da whole book

[Anonymous No.18315597]

>>18315576
It’s just so memorable. I read the whole book but that scene was so yellow

[Anonymous No.18316787]

>>18309379
doesn't get good until the reread

[Anonymous No.18316814]

>>18312864
if you find him obscure try slowing down

[Anonymous No.18316837]

>>18315354
GR is basically just a ripoff of Duck Amuck

[Anonymous No.18316840]

>>18316814
Nah, I'm right and you're wrong. Just how it is.

[Anonymous No.18316879]

Should I read a analysis when I am reading the novel or after I have finished it

[Anonymous No.18316890]

>>18316840
why should things be easy to understand?

[Anonymous No.18316894]

>>18316879
just look up shit you don't know

[Anonymous No.18316913]

>>18316894
Yh but I'm just asking if maybe you should experience the novel as a whole before getting into the analysis or if you should look at parts of it specifically as you're reading the novel

[Anonymous No.18316951]

>>18312864
Based

[Anonymous No.18316952]

>>18315354
Yes there is certainly more where that comes from. It is much more comedic than it is profound imo.

[Anonymous No.18317414]

>>18315354
>It's literally a Loonytunes scene. If the rest of GR is like this, I'll read it.
There's a scene where Slothrop is throwing pies at fighter planes

[Anonymous No.18317577]

>>18317414
And he does so well!

Also there are a bunch of silly names.
>Sammy Hilbert Spaess

[Anonymous No.18317654]

>>18309379
Too many poop jokes. This book was icky

[Anonymous No.18318479]

>>18309508
Good one, anon.

[Anonymous No.18318681]

What kinda name is Ruggles anyway

[Anonymous No.18318684]

I will never understand this question. Just read.

[Anonymous No.18319302]

>>18312121
Hey Pinecone, recommend me some books that read like anime

[Anonymous No.18320723]

>>18318479
why does she laugh when I scroll

[Anonymous No.18320806]

>>18319302
Light novels, duh