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post #16 of 22

8/4/09 at 3:22pm

limping_decorum

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bought....not sure when i will read it.

post #17 of 22

8/4/09 at 3:29pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chorse123

Yes, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW (or maybe V). Some people say read LOT 49 but it's a little bit of a cop-out.

FWIW, I've been hearing that most reviews are pretty bad. I just read this yesterday:

http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/58182/

I'm not sure why they would choose someone with an admitted "visceral hatred" of Pynchon to review his work... He also disparages Mason & Dixon which for me destroys any credibility the reviewer might have.

I usually ignore magazine and newspaper reviews, most are pretty intellectually bankrupt.

post #18 of 22

8/4/09 at 6:01pm

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Yeah, weird news I just heard about too after a write up about it in Rolling Stone. I hope it is more like "Crying of Lot 49" which is my favorite Pynchon.

post #19 of 22

8/5/09 at 12:40am

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I was going to get it today, but I'm still stuck at work.

My first Pynchon was Vineland, and (maybe because it was my first) I think it's been unfairly criticized. I think it's the most accessible so far (not counting Vice), mostly because of the time and place in which it's set.

post #20 of 22

8/6/09 at 1:57am

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I couldn't bring myself to read that review -- not because I don't want to hear bad things about the book, but I wouldn't want to hear bad things about a book from someone who is predisposed to hate it.

post #21 of 22

8/6/09 at 2:57am