Other Authors?

[Gary Webb]

I personally love Neuromancer by William Gibson and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson... definitely worth your time if you haven't pursued them already... 

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> On Jan 17, 2017, at 5:58 PM, Jade Becker <jbecker13 at georgefox.edu> wrote:
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> Norfolk looks interesting. Looks like I’ve got a pretty sizable reading list compiled now...
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> Thanks also to everyone who was talking about Paul Beatty’s The Sellout—easily the best book I’ve read recently.
>> On Jan 17, 2017, at 2:06 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> Lempriere's Dictionary, by Lawrence Norfolk
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>> Historical, colonialism, conspiracy, Pynchon references - what's not to like?!
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>> Laura
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>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Rob Miller 
>> Sent: Jan 17, 2017 4:47 PM 
>> To: Jade Becker , "DuBois, John E." 
>> Cc: pynchon -l 
>> Subject: Re: Other Authors? 
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>> If you liked Against the Day, I thought it was influenced a lot by 100 Years of Solitude
>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:45 PM Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Tom McCarthy, Don Delillo, DFW... some Chabon & Franzen... Maybe Gaddis too
>>> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:08 PM Jade Becker <jbecker13 at georgefox.edu> wrote:
>>> I'm a big DFW fan--read Infinite Jest last year. I'm thinking I'll have to see-read it this summer when I get a chance. I've had my eye on The Pale King for a while, though. Did you find that to be worth the read? It feels odd to read a book he thought wasn't ready for publication...
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>>> DeLillo's great too--I very much enjoyed White Noise.
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>>> Jade
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>>>> On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:54 PM, DuBois, John E. <jdubois at cabq.gov> wrote:
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>>>> Don DeLillo, Underworld
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>>>> David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
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>>>> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Jade Becker
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 1:50 PM
>>>> To: pynchon -l
>>>> Subject: Other Authors?
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>>>> Hi P-listers,
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>>>> Wondering if any of you could direct me to some authors that emulate--or at least evoke--Pynchon's virtuosic prose and share some of his concerns about meaning, paranoia, racism, oppression, capitalism, etc.? (But really any recommendations would be appreciated.)
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>>>> Jade
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