A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[John Bailey]

I did a very, very unscientific back-of-envelope calculation and
didn't even check it twice but came up with the current rankings from
esteemed voters. Sort of not-surprising results!

1. Gravity's Rainbow
2. Mason & Dixon
3. The Crying of Lot 49
4. V.
5. Against the Day
6. Vineland
7. Bleeding Edge
8. Inherent Vice


On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> I love the diversity of opinions, too, but I'm kind of surprised at how bad
> V. is faring!
>
> MT/J
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:08 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Love the diversity of rankings in rating one great author. Rather like six
>> blind men describing an elephant. We each have our opinions and our reasons
>> for them. I love GR, I truly do, and it may be the greater work for all it
>> did to shape postmodernism, but:
>>
>> 1. M&D
>> 2. GR
>> 3. AtD
>> 4. V. / COL 49  (tie)
>> 5. Vineland
>> 6. BE
>> 7. IV
>> 8. Slow Learner
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:48 PM, glenn fuller <glennfuller at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> G.R.
>>> A.t.D.
>>> T.C.O.L.49
>>> Vineland
>>> M&D
>>> I.V.
>>> B.E.
>>> V
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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