Other Authors?

[Matthew Taylor]

I bet you'd love Cosmicomics as well. I can't recommend it enough.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Jade Becker <jbecker13 at georgefox.edu>
wrote:

> 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
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> George Fox University | Class of 2017
> Writing Consultant, George Fox University Academic Resource Center
> *The Crescent*, Editor-in-Chief
>
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