First Reading of GR

[Keith Davis]

There is nothing like Pynchon, but besides the ones already mentioned, you
might like Philip K. Dick, Vonnegut, Fred Exley. Michael Dibdin reminds me
of Pynchon for his detailed descriptions and humor. Henning Mankell is
great. james Lee Burke is fun to read, and the Stieg Larsson books are
great, too.

For some fun non-fiction, I just read "Born to Run". Great story.

Pynchon wrote the intro to "Stone Junction", by Jim Dodge, which I enjoyed.

Frank Conroy, "Stop Time" and "Body and Soul". "Point of No Return" by John
P. Marquand. "Hotel Honolulu" by Paul Theroux. "Omensetter's Luck" by
William Gass.

Have fun.

kd

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 4:28 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I was commenting on Pynchon's prose in general, not GR specifically.  I
> also love the three other Pynchon books you mentioned.  I guess only The
> Brothers Karamazov comes close in terms of its mind-expanding properties.
>
> LK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: eburns at gmail.com
> Sent: Oct 17, 2011 3:53 PM
> To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: First Reading of GR
>
> ******Oh come on, let's help Luis-
>
> First, while GR is the pinnacle, the rest of Pynchon's work is nothing to
> sniff at, particularly V. and The Crying of Lot 49. Mason & Dixon is as
> majestic and ambitious as GR, though off on a different tack entirely.
>
> And there's an all-but canonical list of "pynchonesque" writing. I will add
> my two favorites:
>
> William Gaddis' The Recognitions and J R.
>
> Come on now, everybody...
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
> ------------------------------
> *From: * kelber at mindspring.com
> *Sender: * owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
> *Date: *Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:44:18 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
> *To: *<pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *ReplyTo: * kelber at mindspring.com
> *Subject: *Re: First Reading of GR
>
> Nothing.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luis Lopez **
> Sent: Oct 17, 2011 3:18 PM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: First Reading of GR
>
> Just finished my first reading of GR. I have to say, there is nothing quite
> like Pynchon's prose style. It's incendiary and infectious. I feel like I
> have just been wiped of my virginity, while also being envious of those who
> haven't read it (further explanation not needed). What have you guys read,
> as Pynchonites, that you feel comes close to the magnitude of Tom's prose
> style? This has probably been asked before, but: different time, different
> place.
>
> Thanks, Luis.
> **
>
> **
>
>


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