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So I'm doing the whole roulette short story game here on /lit/ and what do you know, I end up with a Thomas Pynchon story - 'The Small Rain,'

Wonderful story I thought, so I decided to see what all the fuss was about and ordered 3 of his books. V, Gravities Rainbow, and Mason & Dixon. So we'll see how those go.

However, I searched his name on youtube and haphazardly stumbled across 'The Thomas Pynchon Fake Book,' which was a collection of musicians in America putting the lyrics from parts of Gravities Rainbow into songs.

For people who have enjoyed the book I suggest you check it out. I eagerly await reading his work.

http://www.mediafire.com/?qqus4nnnp2vbvvq

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuo11GaJ3VU

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>Gravities rainbow

>> No.2041171

>Listening to gimmick bands
They are not very good, also.

>> No.2041175

what's with the picture of joyce?

>> No.2041178

>>2041175
OP was trying to look like a cultured intellectual, I'd guess.

>> No.2041183

Duuuuuude. I have a bad feeling about this. Those aren't books you can really rush into, especially off the strength of a short story.

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>>2041178
hrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrm

It's just in relation to the trip I used.

>>2041183

No, it'll be fine. I've read big sprawling books before, just never really delved into Pynchon. I know the short story is not really anything like his novels, but it just sparked an interest, or rather, reminded me that I needed to read him.