A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[James Robertson]

1. GR
2. CoL49
3. MD
4. AtD
5. V
6. IV
7. BE
8. The Recognitions (haha)
That said, for sheer fun, I'd pick up IV anytime.
James

On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 at 11:31 pm Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> This one's for Kai.....he can refute and I want to read his refutation:
>
> Lawrence Buell in his book on The Great American Novel sez that
> the weakest, of its dated time, aspect of Gravity's Rainbow is
> the Tarot stuff........
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:27 AM
> Subject: Re: A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels
> To: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
>
>
> I'll play. Contrarian.
>
> 1) Gravity's Rainbow, (perfect; so powerful) Against the Day (loose
> baggy monster but EVEN RICHER)
> 3) Mason & Dixon.....by a nose and leads when I am reading it, trying
> to feel it.
> 4) Crying of Lot 49
> 5) Bleeding Edge
> 6) Vineland
> 7) Inherent Vice.
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 7:21 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 1. Gravity's Rainbow
> > 2. V.
> > 3. Bleeding Edge
> > 4. Vineland
> > 5. Against the Day
> > 6. Mason & Dixon
> > 7. The Crying of Lot 49
> > 8. Inherent Vice
> >
> > On 21 Jul 2015 8:39 pm, "Dave Monroe" <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 1. Gravity's Rainbow
> >> 2. The Crying of Lot 49
> >> 3. Mason & Dixon
> >> 4. V.
> >> 5. Against the Day
> >> 6. Vineland
> >> 7. Inherent Vice
> >> 8. Bleeding Edge
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:34 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
> >> <lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > 1. Gravity's Rainbow
> >> > 2. Bleeding Edge
> >> > 3. Vineland
> >> > 4. The Crying of Lot 49
> >> > 5. Mason & Dixon
> >> > 6. V
> >> > 7. Against the Day
> >> > 8. Inherent Vice
> >> >
> >> > -
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