New Member/Question

[Charles Albert]

I'd second starting with COL49......with V as an alternative choice....

Neither represent "the zip line" of his collection, but offer great
effort/reward ratios....and you will be thoroughly initiated after doing
so......

love,
cfa

On 4/26/07, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Matt Rhodes:
>
> >I am a new member to this list, and in fact to Pynchon's writing.  What
> >would folks recommend as my first read?  I've heard that Lot 49 is a good
> >one to start with, but I'm stubborn enough to try and tackle Gravity's
> >Rainbow first (even though I've heard it's a difficult
> read).  Suggestions?
>
> My first encounter with Pynchon was with Gravity's Rainbow. I hadn't heard
> much about Pynchon beforehand, so I plunged into the novel without any of
> the nervous caution that more informed readers approach Gravity's Rainbow
> with - and I haven't surfaced since. The sensible advice would probably be
> to read Lot 49 first, before tackling any of the larger novels, but heck:
> I'd say let your stubbornness do the talking and plunge headfirst into
> Gravity's Rainbow. It worked for me.
>
> Best,
>
> Tore
>
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