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Anonymous Tue May 9 07:15:00 2023 No.22009783 [Reply] [Original]

If you think you "need" more, then you're either a midwit or European (which is practically a midwit anyway).

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 07:25:16 2023 No.22009798 >>22009783 damm, americans are really retarded kek

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 12:36:14 2023 No.22010403 >>22009798 this. i've been here for years and i don't even recognize some of these

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 12:39:15 2023 No.22010413 >>22010403 >not recognizing the pattern >falling behind on relevance >somehow convinced of superiority gotta be eurofag

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 13:02:10 2023 No.22010463 >>22009783 >le redditsons Go back

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 13:16:38 2023 No.22010492 >>22010463 While I'm not a fan of the Simpsons (post 10th season that is), if you had read Pynchon and knew even a little about his life, then you'd know how much his appearance on that shows means to Pynchon fans

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 15:11:13 2023 No.22010828 I am non midwit Indian third worder, how about that?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 15:18:23 2023 No.22010853 >>22010413 This

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 15:21:42 2023 No.22010869 >>22010828 even tho India is not a good country to devote yourself to it, you shouldn't betray your own country

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 15:28:51 2023 No.22010898 >CL49, GR, that's it >b-but Bloom stans M&D >Exactly Pynchon doesn't have a readership, he has a fandom, and that's the problem. marginal and short lived discernible talent

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 15:29:43 2023 No.22010900 >>22010492 Then all you “need,” is Pynchon, Satyajit Ray films, and test cricket (ODI or t20 absolutely do not count)

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 15:38:44 2023 No.22010929 >>22009783 Wait a sec... these are all by the same author!

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 17:48:55 2023 No.22011355 >>22009783 What would you suggest I read first?

Anonymous Tue May 9 19:05:19 2023 No.22011662

>>22011355
I’d say start with The Crying of Lot 49, it’s the most well known for a reason and you can see if you even enjoy his style. After that I’d say read V. even though the temptation is going to be jumping into Gravity’s Rainbow. V actually introduces some characters that re-appear in GR so it’s a good primer, also V has The Confessions of Fausto Majistral in the middle of it which is one of my favorite things Pynchon ever wrote. After V you should give GR a shot, some people will recommend using a companion text and without one you’ll definitely miss a lot of the deeper elements but even on a more topical level it’s still excellent.

Then I guess read Vineland?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 19:06:36 2023 No.22011665 >>22009798 Is the American in your head right now?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 20:50:49 2023 No.22012006 File: 7 KB, 194x259, lfc1).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>22009783 Le muted horn.jpg Checks your path Protip: it's unironically over

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 20:53:51 2023 No.22012016 Poor bait

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 20:58:22 2023 No.22012033 >>22012016 >i disagree therefore its bait Good logic, mr. redditor

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 21:19:55 2023 No.22012084 >>22009783 GR > M&D > TCoL49 > V > Inherent Vice > Vineland > Against the Day > Bleeding Edge

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 21:22:45 2023 No.22012094 Cannot wait for every eurofag to be arrested for simply accessing this site

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 21:34:49 2023 No.22012130 >>22012084 I think Bleeding Edge is one of his best works—almost up there with GR.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 21:40:14 2023 No.22012144 >>22010869 India is a better country to devote yourself to than any of your "1st world" shotholes. I wouldn't go to them even as a tourist. Even if I did, I will stay away from any human habitation and explore the local nature.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 21:42:56 2023 No.22012154 >>22011355 I read GR first and found it stunning - though I like big post-modern things so it wasn't totally alien for me. CoL49 is a concise slice of Pynchon and a good place to start

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 22:17:31 2023 No.22012285 >>22011355 Just choose, it doesn’t matter. There are guides online if you get confused. I went through them chronologically and it was great seeing his style develop

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 22:26:09 2023 No.22012312 >>22010898 Nah he just peaked early

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 23:31:20 2023 No.22012501 Anyone else notice there’s been a marked increase in posts critical of Pynchon while simultaneously an even larger decrease in posts defending him? It honestly feels like we’re getting astroturfed.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 23:34:32 2023 No.22012516 >>22012501 The meme trilogy anons from 10 years ago largely left. Fiction isn’t too big here anymore. DFW, Pynchon, and Joyce are relics of the past at this point, just remnants of board culture

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 23:39:58 2023 No.22012534 >>22012144 What the hell are you talking about? 1st-world shitholes lmao what?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 23:45:06 2023 No.22012543 >>22012516 Yeah but DFW and Joyce are memes. Pynchon is an actually talented genius par excellance. He’s closer to Mozart and Michelangelo than Joyce or DFW.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 23:48:22 2023 No.22012555 File: 690 KB, 1447x1665, Thomas_Pynchon,_high_school_senior_portrait,_1953.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>22009783 I wouldnt worry about it

>>	Anonymous Tue May 9 23:51:17 2023 No.22012564 >>22012555 Just a suggestion, but if you're going to post pynchon's pic, why not post an actual relevant pynchon quote instead of making up your own? there are so many. I think in the context you posted about I would have said, "Keep cool, but care"

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 01:57:09 2023 No.22012910 Read Pynchon's first published story, "Mortality and Mercy in Vienna." http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/uncollected/vienna.html

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 02:00:49 2023 No.22012915 >>22011665 not really, he's at the tip of my dick

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 02:01:30 2023 No.22012917 >>22012910 That's neat. Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 02:08:49 2023 No.22012945 >>22012910 Small Rain was published in March. MaMiV first appeared in Epoch (Vol. 9, Spring 1959) which was published April (the other months being January and October that the magazine was published at that time) so it was his second story published.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 03:42:03 2023 No.22013223 >>22012543 Lol

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:12:54 2023 No.22013531 >>22011355 Against the Day. I wish it had been my first one.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:14:04 2023 No.22013534 >>22012084 This is the ranking of someone who has read 2 Pynchon books at best, including CL49.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:19:10 2023 No.22013540 >>22013534 Reddit response

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:20:53 2023 No.22013543 >>22013540 >reddit reddit reddit Did your account got banned or something?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:22:04 2023 No.22013548 >>22013543 Nice one, mr. redditor.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:23:15 2023 No.22013553 >>22013548 (you)

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:24:31 2023 No.22013556 >>22013553 mr. redditor coming out with the r/truelit insults!

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:26:48 2023 No.22013561 >>22013556 >upvoted

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:28:05 2023 No.22013565 >>22013561 Damn that was cruel, mr. redditor!

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:32:47 2023 No.22013573 Only anons who came from Reddit use it as an insult these days

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:34:03 2023 No.22013577 >>22013573 Nice one, mr. redditor!

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:35:55 2023 No.22013579 >>22012130 Eat your rice pudding bookchemist.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 06:49:24 2023 No.22013598 >>22013579 ?

Anonymous Wed May 10 06:59:57 2023 No.22013630

>>22012534
that's called the Indian Pride, I'm a Indian myself and let me tell you, it's beyond shithole country. the government is running this country into the ground. the farmers which are the backbone of the country are suffering immensely but middle class Indians can't see that so they think India is a great country but they don't know the actual situation lol. if you look at the economy of India it's fucking shit. but still they say "east or west, India is the best" best in embarrassing itself in front of the whole world kek. fucking hate India, whish I was born in America so I can die in a school shooting rather than suffer here

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 07:01:10 2023 No.22013635 >>22013630 Please don't pollute other lands.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 10 07:08:47 2023 No.22013645 >>22013635 I will not

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