Recommendations

[Betsy Platt]

For my money, V. is the next best of the Pynchon, or maybe even the best.
It's close. And if you like that kind of dense intensity (I do), Will Self
and David Foster Wallace come to mind. Self's My Idea of Fun and Wallace's
Infinite Jest and Broom of the System in particular. It'd be had to go wrong
with any Wallace, including his latest nonfiction work, Everything & More, A
Compact History of Infinity. And Jack Stephens's Triangulation is a bit
lighter, but in that vein - sort of  "Pynchon Lite meets John Waters".

Best wishes, and happy reading.

B.
---- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gentle" <Gentle_Family at btinternet.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Recommendations


> > hi... I just finished reading my first Pynchon novel,
> > Gravity's Rainbow, and I was wondering if anyone had
> > any ideas about what I should try next? I'm a complete
> > novice (and will probably be re-reading Gravity's
> > Rainbow for a while), but I'd love to hear what your
> > favorites are or other authors you enjoy. Thanks! Melinda
>
> Dhalgren-Samuel R. Delany. One of the few novels that can be said to be as
mad as GR and, in my very
> personal opinion, better written.
>
> David Gentle.
>
>