Other Authors?

[Jade Becker]

Matthew--

I loved If On A Winter's Night a Traveller. Such a fun read. Couldn't put
it down.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Taylor <matthew.taylor923 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Not necessarily comparable to Pynchon in any direct way, but most Pynchon
> lovers I know are also crazy about Italo Calvino and Roberto Bolano.
> For Calvino, start with Cosmicomics or If On A Winter's Night A Traveler
> or even Invisible Cities.
> For Bolano, gotta start with The Savage Detectives.
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:02 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
>> Blood Meridian...Cormac McCarthy
>> Love Medicine...Louise Erdrich
>> A Fan's Notes...Fred Exley
>> Wild Decembers...Edna O'Brien
>>
>> Www.innergroovemusic.com
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2017, at 11:40 PM, James Robertson <james at themutedposthorn.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Gaddis. Gass. Also have a look at Thomas Berger. Little Big Man is an
>> excellent novel. Shares P's sense if the historic; both playful and
>> precise. I have read a lot of books about the Sioux and Cheyennes since
>> reading Berger, and often surprised how accurate his portrayal of both the
>> characters and the events.
>>
>> @jamesjrobertson
>> themutedposthorn.com
>>
>> sent from iphone
>>
>> On 17/01/2017, at 1:45 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...
>>>
>>> DeLillo's great too--I very much enjoyed White Noise.
>>>
>>> Jade
>>>
>>> On Jan 17, 2017, at 12:54 PM, DuBois, John E. <jdubois at cabq.gov> wrote:
>>>
>>> Don DeLillo, *Underworld*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Foster Wallace, *Infinite Jest*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> <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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi P-listers,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jade
>>>
>>>
>


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Jade Becker
(530) 518-6859
George Fox University | Class of 2017
Writing Consultant, George Fox University Academic Resource Center
*The Crescent*, Editor-in-Chief
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