To each his own. But for many, including me, it was Pynchon's masterpiece, never to be equaled since. On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote: > > Gravity's Rainbow isn't bad, but just a little didactic for me, elevating message over story in a way that's a little too heavy-handed.