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Same. By 14 l got really obsessed with the concept of "irony" and tried to channel it constantly.
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Crowsbeak posted:If I could as to read Thomas Pynchon where would I start? read V. please
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the only pynchon i've read is bleeding edge I liked it and the inherent vice movie there's no poo poo eating in BE but it does have a second life analogue soooo
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Jun 5, 2016 09:44
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Mason & Dixon is by far his best book. Vineland was highly enjoyable. Gravity's Rainbow is good if you just let it overwhelm you, and you don't try to keep up with everything. Lot 49 is decent. So is Bleeding Edge. V. is bad and boring.
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Jun 5, 2016 15:31
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I liked the part about the weird nazi toilet ship. And the secret rocket Africans living under the ground in Germany. That Thomas Pynchon sure has some wacky ideas!
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Jun 5, 2016 17:25
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i read against the day to completion ama
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For realsies, I read both Gravity's Rainbow and Infinite Jest while staying at a rehab centers and attending NA meetings for a poly drug addiction. Infinite Jest is way overrated but Gravity's Rainbow has some absolutely beautiful writing. There were points in that book where I was doing double takes at some of the imagery and I'm not even talking about the poop stuff. Like when Slothrop is described as hanging at the edge of his blood's avalanche. gently caress me that's good.
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Jun 5, 2016 19:46
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It was easier to read than Finnegans Wake
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Inherent Vice is pretty good, listen to the audiobook because the narrator really does the stoner PI shtick well.
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Illavick posted:There were points in that book where I was doing double takes at some of the imagery and I'm not even talking about the poop stuff. My favorite part of the book is where Roger and Jessica stop in at the church for evensong. The imagery of that part is just beyond beautiful. It's profound, even
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Foo Diddley posted:My favorite part of the book is where Roger and Jessica stop in at the church for evensong. The imagery of that part is just beyond beautiful. It's profound, even yeah that was the point in the book when I went from "whoa this book is pretty neat" to "this is a masterpiece"
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Jun 8, 2016 05:13
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So is this book about sexy cartoon rabbits or something
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I bought this book the other day at a Goodwill for two dollars. They had multiple copies so I bought the one with the nicer cover. I'll probably never get around to reading it but having it on my bookshelf makes me look smarter, just like Infinite Jest.
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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:So is this book about sexy cartoon rabbits or something more or less
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GRILLARY CLINTON posted:more or less sexy cartoon lightbulbs
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V. is my favorite of his. I own 3 copies of it, one hardback and two copies of the trade paperback version which has the best cover  And also is the only(?) American version of the book to contain all of Pynchon's edits Gravity's Rainbow feels like a natural follow up to V. and incorporates a lot of his ideas and style established therein. I have the Penguin Deluxe paperback of that one because I love the French flaps and frilled edges. If I ever find a hardback I will probably get that too. While I enjoyed TCoL49 it's probably his weakest book objectively. Vineland was merely okay and Bleeding Edge kind of got on my nerves a bit, although to tell the truth I think I read them at a poor time and that may have affected my enjoyment of them. Against the Day is really great but it is exhaustingly long. I'm about 800 pages into it and it's starting to unravel in my brain. I have the cool minimalist hardback version and the donkey-chokingly huge paperback version. I haven't read Inherent Vice or Mason & Dixon yet, although I own a copy of M&D.
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i was considering making a gravity's rainbow thread and it turns out that following a cursory search for the name of the lady who gave pointsman a bj at the christmas party, one already exists!! i guess i'll have to make the infinite jest thread instead
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I hated those dumb songs. Nobody likes that poo poo.
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Jun 14, 2016 19:17
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it turns out her name is maude
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Jun 14, 2016 19:22
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:I hated those dumb songs. Nobody likes that poo poo. still better than the songs in lord of the rings
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Jun 14, 2016 19:33
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I love the songs because it's a large part of the page I can skip and not miss anything
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Jun 14, 2016 19:58
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Falun Bong Refugee posted:I hated those dumb songs. Nobody likes that poo poo. Wrong
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LOONIES ON LEAVE
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Jellidelic posted:hungry for bananas all of a sudden ive got a banana breakfast for you *points at dilz*
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Interesting that this had already dropped off the first page while there are 100 page plus megathreads about the Warcraft, Ghostbusters and X men movies.... Says it all really.
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Wizard Master posted:Interesting that this had already dropped off the first page while there are 100 page plus megathreads about the Warcraft, Ghostbusters and X men movies.... Says it all really. There have been at least 3 of these kinds of threads in GBS since The Awakening (I made one of them) and this happens with pretty much anything that is higher brow than any given episode of Steven Universe
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Jun 15, 2016 02:45
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The West Wing thread is first page TVIV and that wrapped up a decade ago.
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Heath posted:There have been at least 3 of these kinds of threads in GBS since The Awakening (I made one of them) and this happens with pretty much anything that is higher brow than any given episode of Steven Universe GBS sucks!!
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GRILLARY CLINTON posted:more like pinch a loaf off into my mouth That's the only part I remember.
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I liked the paedophiliac poop eating that roxxored (rocked)
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Heath posted:There have been at least 3 of these kinds of threads in GBS since The Awakening (I made one of them) and this happens with pretty much anything that is higher brow than any given episode of Steven Universe Don't try to rate one piece of pop culture as higher or lower brow than another, it's a futile can of worms.
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