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>Yo, sea gull, said Profane
>Sea gull didn't anwser

>> No.6716966
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6716966

I remember that line, I had to put the book down to laugh it off for a good 5 minutes.

>> No.6717180

I don't get it.

>> No.6717193

>>6717180
He was drunk off his ass and talking to a seagull. What's there not to get?

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>>6716966
>966
Close enough

>> No.6718637

Bumping godly thread

>> No.6718652

HAHA SO EFFIN QUIRKY LOL

PYNCHON IS LIKE SO WEIRD HEHE

I LIKE HIS CHARACTER DICKSY NORMOUS BEST

GET IT!?

HAHAHA

OH MY GOD

WHO CARES ABOUT PROSE OR DEPTH OF CHARACTER WHEN YOU'VE GOT CRAZY JOKES

#AMREADING
#AMLAUGHING
#PYNCHONGOTMELIKEWHAAAAT

>> No.6718675

>>6716924
Fella is a genius

>> No.6718690

>>6718652
>Dissing Pynchon
>Who cares about prose

Not you, obviously.

>> No.6718805

>that scene where the whole sick crew comes stumbling into profane's place drinking with a stray dog

>> No.6718826

and then HE FALLS INTO TOILET XDXDXXDXDXDXDXDXDDDDDDD

>> No.6718831

>>6718826
>doesn't know shit from shinola
>doesn't realize that the same Malcolm who was passing the talcum was Malcolm X

>> No.6719037

>>6718652
The prose there is literally what makes the whole seagull scene so stupidly funny

>> No.6720491

>>6718826
haha

>> No.6720951

>>6719037
no shit retard, that is the only thing that could make it funny, that does not make it good prose

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>>6718831
>mfw read Autobiography of Malcolm X prior to reading GR

>> No.6720974

>>6718652
Nice post!

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quality pynchon maymay

>> No.6720978

>>6716924
what book?

>> No.6720991

>>6720978
>>>/V./

>> No.6721007

I'm currently studying at Cornell University. hmu

Also Is there any Pynchon legacy to explore?

>> No.6721013

>>6721007
Talk to your English and engineering department heads, they must be aware of him

>> No.6721022

>>6721007
go through yearbooks and hunt for rare pinecones

>> No.6721026

>>6716924
Fuck, I don't remember this line and I only read V. a month ago.

>> No.6721027

>>6718805

"The dog began to scream at humid nightmare-shapes"

>> No.6721050

>>6721007
Just had to name drop you Ivy League, huh faggot?

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>>6721050
>SUNY Cornlel
>ivy league

>> No.6721083

>>6721013
What should I say? Have you read Pynchon? Will he recognize me as a 4chan poster?