On no longer recommending Gravity's Rainbow to readers

[Mark Thibodeau]

9 out of 10 people to whom I recommend Blood Meridian end up damning
me for it, either because they find it too difficult, or because it
haunts them forever after reading.

Nobody to whom I have recommended Gravity's Rainbow has ever ended up
finishing it, so...

Jerky

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> I still try to push William Gaddis' _J R_ on anyone I think knows how to
> read. Few take up the challenge. And yes, by today's lights it's
> "problematic", just like the rampant American capitalism it loves/hates
>
> As for GR, well, I do talk it up but most won't listen. They'll never
> know...
>
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018, 12:53 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A little twitter wit about Rian's tweet, reducing the opening line horror
>> to kitsch, of course.
>>
>> https://twitter.com/dzhimbo/status/1028606885216305159
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 6:43 AM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Director Rian Johnson (Looper, The Last Jedi) recently tweeted a
>> > question: "What’s the book you love that you’ve stopped recommending
>> > to people?"
>> >
>> > He followed up with: "Mine is Gravity’s Rainbow - I’ve come to accept
>> > that it’s impossible to recommend it without sounding like an asshole,
>> > and I’m a freak for loving it."
>> >
>> > There's lots of Pynchon love in the ensuing conversation but I like
>> > the initial question. If anyone wants to supply their own, go nuts.
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>> >
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