ghost of miles Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Man, by his standards this one came out quick! Inherent Vice Quote
Matthew Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 I'm interested in this one; loved Pynchon's other novels. It clocks in at only 384 pages, it must be a bear getting older. Quote
BruceH Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Only 384 pages? Maybe this one I could actually finish. Quote
ghost of miles Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Posted June 29, 2009 (edited) The shortest since CRYING OF LOT 49, I'd wager. (Unless you count the SLOW LEARNER collection...not sure how many pages that clocked in at.) Edited June 29, 2009 by ghost of miles Quote
Joe Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Some supplementary reading: Robert Goolrick, “Pieces of Pynchon” In 1978 Robert Goolrick, author of the 2007 memoir The End of the World as We Know It and the new novel A Reliable Wife, attempted to locate Thomas Pynchon. He detailed his efforts in the article below, “Pieces of Pynchon,” which originally appeared in the October 16, 1978 issue of New Times magazine. http://americanfiction.wordpress.com/2009/...ces-of-pynchon/ Quote
fasstrack Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Only 384 pages? Maybe this one I could actually finish. I never got 'V". Either it was convoluted/gimmicky or I'm a moron. Both, probably. It seemed like the characters introduced at the beginning didn't matter much after, red herrings or maybe he got bored. But so did I, and never picked it up again. The bit about a guy playing diminished 5ths----or whatever it was----on a plastic alto was cute, nothing more. I thought he was trying to show how clever he was---not my favorite writing approach. Just one moron's opinion.......... Quote
porcy62 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 I am reading 'Vineland', and I found it better then my expectations, wich one should I read after this in your opinions? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 Gravity's Rainbow has been in the box of books I've moved with several times. So you're saying I should actually read the thing?? Quote
Matthew Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 Gravity's Rainbow has been in the box of books I've moved with several times. So you're saying I should actually read the thing?? Moose: Gravity's Rainbow is like a written version of Brotzmann's Machine Gun, and I remember you saying you liked Machine Gun.... Quote
Joe Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 I am reading 'Vineland', and I found it better then my expectations, wich one should I read after this in your opinions? What are you enjoying about VINELAND in particular? If its the "subject matter", I would recommend either CRYING OF LOT 49 or the new one, all situated in and in some sense about the same time and place. But if you just want to read more late-period Pynchonian excellence, I would recommend MASON AND DIXON. Quote
medjuck Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 I wasn't that impressed with Vineland. REminded me of Tom Robbins. However a freind of mone who's a big Pynchon fan posted a Reader's Guide to Vineland: http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/http:/....com/~shadow88/ I much preferred Against the Day. It even has a quote from Monk as an epigraph. Quote
BruceH Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 Only 384 pages? Maybe this one I could actually finish. I never got 'V". Either it was convoluted/gimmicky or I'm a moron. Both, probably. It seemed like the characters introduced at the beginning didn't matter much after, red herrings or maybe he got bored. But so did I, and never picked it up again. The bit about a guy playing diminished 5ths----or whatever it was----on a plastic alto was cute, nothing more. I thought he was trying to show how clever he was---not my favorite writing approach. Just one moron's opinion.......... Don't feel bad. I had much the same reaction to V----but after all, perhaps I'm a little conservative in the types of fiction I'll accept. Pale Fire is about as far "out" as I'm prepared to go (and get any pleasure from it, that is.) Quote
Jazzmoose Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 Moose: Gravity's Rainbow is like a written version of Brotzmann's Machine Gun, and I remember you saying you liked Machine Gun.... If that doesn't get my copy off the shelf, nothing will! I wasn't that impressed with Vineland. REminded me of Tom Robbins. You know, I liked Robbins the first time through. Nothing there for a reread, I'll admit, and I've tried. Quote
porcy62 Posted June 30, 2009 Report Posted June 30, 2009 I am reading 'Vineland', and I found it better then my expectations, wich one should I read after this in your opinions? What are you enjoying about VINELAND in particular? If its the "subject matter", I would recommend either CRYING OF LOT 49 or the new one, all situated in and in some sense about the same time and place. But if you just want to read more late-period Pynchonian excellence, I would recommend MASON AND DIXON. Thanks, I'll get both for the fourthcoming summer holiday. Quote
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