What next?

[Monte Davis]

What Tom said. In the long run, it may be that the 18th-century diction of
M&D puts off as many readers as the manic energy and complexity of GR
(especially Book 4.) But once you're past that, joy abounds as in no other
Pynchon book. All the dark TRParanoia about history and power and love and
technology is there -- but Geo and Jer *belong* in their world, delight in
iit, and even seem to hint how we might do the same, more than any other
Pynchon protagonists.


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:34 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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