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7374485 No.7374485 [Reply] [Original]

Okay /lit, I want to see a For/Against thread for this book. Convince me it's great or convince me it sucked. Go ahead.

>> No.7374494

>>7374485

It's a fantastic book, really. Not his best (that would be either M&D, GR or AtD) but wonderfully eloquent. Don't care for the cover art.

>> No.7374496

dude weed lmao

>> No.7374498

>>7374485
it's neither here nor there. If you really like Pynchon it's just more Pynchon, it's not as fun as Bleeding edge or INherent Vice, nor as intense as Gravity's rainbow/CoL49

>> No.7374962

>>7374494
>AtD
>Pinecone's best

>>7374496
Inherent Vice is the DUDE WEED LMAO book of his. Come on, you know this.

>> No.7374970

the trees arent on fire

pynchon is hotboxing the forest

>> No.7375045

too high concept for me

i woulda preferred if the initial setup was the entirety of the book

zoyd and his old nutty cop rival fighting brock vond and hanging around rednecks

>> No.7375055

i'm about a third of the way through and think it's bretty gud. i was raised around hippies so it's fun to see pychon's hot takes on that culture

>> No.7375075

>>7375055
prepare for a terrible plunge in quality

first 1/3 is good
goes downhill after zoyd's daughter's boyfriend's concert