What next?

[Indel Icate]

Mason and Hard Cocks is the greatest work of Illuminati literary artworks
of all time. Pynchon came into himself there.  The Rainbow is the work of a
freakedout word wizard who was hitting bongs sat 7am.  Were there bongs in
1971?  Mason is the work of a man who has discovered himself.  Same format,
don't get me wrong.  Same shit as Rainbow, different product.  When you
launch into Against the Whatever, wait, do I have that book?  He's trying
to actually say something.  The Rainbow, it's just glorious nonsense.
 Dixon is more ridiculously accuative.


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:

>  Most people will say GR. I'll put in a word for M&D as the most joyous
> of his work. It was my first Pynchon novel and it has always stayed with
> me. Joy is present from the GR allusion in the first sentence ("Snow-Balls
> have flown their Arcs...") to the last ("We'll fish there. And you too.")
> But GR, yes, you must read GR -- the mountain must be climbed, more than
> once.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Doc Sportello <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>
> *To:* pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 9:12 AM
> *Subject:* What next?
>
>  My first Pynchon was when I read ATD 4-5 years ago and liked it. Read
> Inherent Vice when it came out a couple years ago and liked it. Just
> finished Bleeding Edge and LOVED it. I don't know what the consensus is on
> his latest but it's my fav of the three.
>
> I'm interested in reading it all now since I hear These last three are
> ostensibly different than his earlier stuff. I'd like to save Gravity's
> Rainbow for last since I hear it's the best. Given all that, what do you
> guys recommend I read next?
>
>
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