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Since this board won't STFU about him.

>> No.18676411

>>18676393
Just read GR. I wouldn't love him nearly as much if I'd had read anything else first.

>> No.18676419

>>18676411
>I'd had
my bad I'm drunk rn sorry

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>>18676393
just swim in toilet when black man put his finger up your ass
if you would enjoy this, just read gravity

>> No.18676811

>>18676411
How would you know?

>> No.18676905

Just string a bunch of words together to make barely legible sentences then reference pop psych every so often, same experience as GR

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>>18676393
V.

>> No.18677922

Not crying of lot 49. It's not very good. It's his weakest of his first 4 novels - the novels of his i've finished.
Gravity's rainbow is a ton of fun id you dont have a stick up your ass. Second read was even better

>> No.18678512

>>18677922
Weaker than Vineland?

>> No.18679830

>>18678512
To read, yes. To study, no

>> No.18679840

>>18676393
>Mason & Dixon (1997)
You shouldn't, he's a gateway to alt-right sympathizers. The memery is mostly a cope.

>> No.18679854

>>18676393
Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.18679875

>>18676393
I started with Mason & Dixon, but the 18th century English orthography apparently tends to bamboozle people. His easiest and most readily entertaining novel is probably Inherent Vice, if you're looking for ease of access.

>> No.18679891

>>18676393
Lot 49 is a digestible entry point but really doesn't give you an idea of what it's like to read his longer works. Just power through GR. If you dislike it but want to give him another chance go for mason and dixon

>> No.18680632

>>18676393
I would recommend reading in chronological order. All of his books are worth reading.

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>>18676393
Honestly you have 2 options.

V. or Lot 49.

Lot 49 is short and it's where I started and it worked. I fell in love. But I only fell in love around halfway through the 150ish page novel. But from there I read V. which is one of my favorites and then went to GR which is my favorite book of all time next to Ulysses and Goethe's Faust.

So I'd say read 49 through to the end and see if it hits the right nerves. If it doesn't, I don't think V. or GR will.

Fun fact, in Ulysses an auction cries lots 4 and 9. Coincidence?

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>>18680672
>Fun fact, in Ulysses an auction cries lots 4 and 9. Coincidence?
Also in GR, Sir *Stephen* Dodson-Truck's wife's name was Nora.

>> No.18680854

>>18676393
Idk, but... you should ask Bill Murray