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ITT, the worst books by your favourite authors.
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>> No.8249072

>>8249063
>worst pynchon
>not gravity's rainbow

>> No.8249074
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8249074

damn, you too?

>> No.8249078

>>8249063
I read this after GR and I couldn't get past page 20 and it really put me off his other stuff. Are the others also this bad?

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8249095

>>8249078
Nah, the rest is relatively good, some of his other novels are maybe just as good as GR, IMHO, but Bleeding Edge is just a giant turd. Try reading Lot 49.

>> No.8249158

>>8249078
Vineland was pretty trashy in its own way. Though the trashiness was somewhat thematically relevant. Also the stories in Slow Learner are pretty lame. I actually didn't mind Bleeding Edge that much. It obviously wasn't anywhere near his best but it was amusing enough.

>> No.8249196
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>> No.8249279

>>8249196
FUCK YOU ASSHOLE THIS BOOK IS HIS BEST

>> No.8249301

>>8249196
Take it back, cumslut.

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8249314

A baffling novel.

>> No.8249862

>>8249063
>>8249074
I actually really like BE and think its one of the best of the 21st century.

>> No.8249869

>>8249862
Well yeah but that doesn't mean much when you're talking about 21st century literature.

>> No.8249902

>>8249314
Did he write it from the horse's perspective or something batshit like that?

>> No.8249937

>>8249314
kek that novel was fucking insanity.
>>8249902
Yessir.

>> No.8249966

>>8249937
That's actually something I'd expect from Hawkes, t b h.

>> No.8251653

>>8249072
Holy fuck, I managed to write a bait so bad that /lit/ didn't fall for it.

>> No.8251669

>>8249063
>>8249074
Really? Not Vineland? I mean, I kinda liked that it had a female protagonist for starters.

>> No.8251693

>>8249196
delete this and then delete yourself

>> No.8251897

>>8251669
Who cares about that. Also, Vineland had basically a female protagonist as well since DL appeared more than Zoyd.