I read it.
Posted on August 21, 2026 at 09:22:33 PM by Rabbit
I think with Pynchon, as has been said before, you just have to enjoy the scenes and writing and not get too worked up about not understanding what the heck is going on. Not having a very coherent plot is maybe the point. It's hyper-intellectual, hardly anyone can get the references or foreign languages. Main characters disappear. It is funny and experimental/post-modern.
Trivia: the judges of the Pulitzer prize for literature were unanimous that GR was the winner, but it was not given to Pynchon because the executive committee or chairman or something could not get passed the corprophagia scene. No award for literature was given in 1973.
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Who on the board had read Gravity's Rainbow? Just curious, I have not. *
- By Kevin
August 21, 2026 at 04:30:31 PM
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I read it.
- By Rabbit
August 21, 2026 at 09:22:33 PM
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Did so, in High School, Had to write a rerport.
- By Josh
August 21, 2026 at 06:01:46 PM
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Tried a couple of times on Audible. Failed but it has made my list (of 2 books)....
- By Damaniac
August 21, 2026 at 05:59:42 PM
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I read Vineland this summer, mainly because I really liked One Battle After Another, which was partially based on one relatively short part of the book. Plus id never read anything by Pynchon before. As it turns out, Vineland was pretty mid. Managed to finish it though. Likely my last Pynchon book.*
- By Ev
August 21, 2026 at 05:19:51 PM
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Also failed. The Crying of Lot 49 is readable, enjoyable and short*
- By LewisBullox
August 21, 2026 at 04:55:00 PM
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I am doing Dungeon Crawler Carl via Audiobook...so no****
- By Cincywolve
August 21, 2026 at 04:45:28 PM
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I tried. I failed. Probably the closest thing to Finnegan's Wake*
- By el fuego
August 21, 2026 at 04:33:39 PM
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I've read the first 75 pages multiple times. (nm)
- By suede
August 21, 2026 at 04:31:41 PM
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