Recommendations

[joeallonby]

Try Haruki Murakami for some wacko fun.


on 3/18/04 10:12 PM, Betsy Platt at glen.echo at erols.com wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> 
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