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I'm only a few "chapters" in but: - a (~* fantastical *~) adenoid has consumed a man in a particular corner of WWII London - the main character as far as I can tell gets super horny in places where a V2-rocket later lands - Slothrop chases his harmonica down an outhouse hole or something at a negro jazzclub, worries about getting his butthole fingered, imagines he's a cowboy (while he's in the like pipes or whatever) Anyway it's honestly the coolest thing I've read in a while. Rewards careful reading. Anyway I'll keep you updated. Will probbaly take me 6 months to read, whoops. Had no loving clue what I was getting into. I read Ulysses in college and I'm super smug about it so this is perfect.
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ulvir posted:GR is fun and one of the funniest novels I've read
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Gravity's Rainbow is by far and away the worst book I've ever read. Absolutely hated every single page and only powered through it to completion to vainly see if there was some kind of pay-off for dredging through the absolute turd of a novel I found it to be. There are about 3 or less points in the book where Pynchon shows that he can actually write semi-competently but instead decides to go balls deep on the most pretentious possible writing styles, forever veering off into self-indulgent tangents that are an entire galaxy away from being as clever as he thinks they are. Just an incoherent con of a book, not dissimilar to having to be forced to listen to a homeless person in the middle of a particularly bad acid trip, ruminate on their batshit theories to you for however long it takes you to finish reading it. What I'm saying is that I thought Gravity's Rainbow colossally sucked and if you can glean any kind of pleasure from reading it, more power to you. frytechnician fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Apr 5, 2023 |
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Apr 5, 2023 11:14
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gr's great. funniest american novel since moby-dick imo
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lol the turd eating scene lol the malcolm x scene
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bollig posted:I'm only a few "chapters" in but: Scenes 1 and 3 you describe are dreams/fantasies. You are bang on on scene 2 and it forms a core piece of the plot. Gravity's rainbow rules and is one of my favourite books.
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Gambit from the X-Men posted:lol the turd eating scene That first one almost made me throw up lol.
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frytechnician posted:Gravity's Rainbow is by far and away the worst book I've ever read. Absolutely hated every single page and only powered through it to completion to vainly see if there was some kind of pay-off for dredging through the absolute turd of a novel I found it to be. Stfu
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Apr 5, 2023 13:48
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Arrhythmia posted:That first one almost made me throw up lol. lol it's so raunchy
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I'm going to assume you've already read Gravity's Rainbow - the ultimate literary punishment - so any slapfight we could get into is meaningless compared to the harm your tiny mind has already endured. Hate to break it ya but there's no medal for finishing it and no amount of hunting for anything of any significance or value in it will bear any fruit outside of you telling others to avoid reading it.
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Apr 5, 2023 14:15
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im handing out medals for everyone who finished it. im recognizing all of you.
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Apr 5, 2023 14:30
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Because I have read Gravity's Rainbow, I am smarter than people who haven't. People will disagree, but they're just lashing out from low self-esteem.
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i didn't much care for gr, but it sure as hell left a permanent impression on me i hope you enjoy the poo poo scene ...no, the other one
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I read The Crying of Lot 49 last year and while I didn't love it I enjoyed it enough to check out more Pynchon in the future, gonna put this on my list
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frytechnician posted:Gravity's Rainbow is by far and away the worst book I've ever read. Lol quote:Absolutely hated every single page and only powered through it to completion to vainly see if there was some kind of pay-off for dredging through the absolute turd of a novel I found it to be. Lol quote:There are about 3 or less points in the book where Pynchon shows that he can actually write semi-competently Lmao quote:but instead decides to go balls deep on the most pretentious possible writing styles, forever veering off into self-indulgent tangents that are an entire galaxy away from being as clever as he thinks they are. Lmfao quote:Just an incoherent con of a book, not dissimilar to having to be forced to listen to a homeless person in the middle of a particularly bad acid trip, ruminate on their batshit theories to you for however long it takes you to finish reading it. Wait, so you're not joking??
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i enjoyed slothrop eating vile sweets
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:i enjoyed slothrop eating vile sweets lmfao this post brought that section back crystal clear in my memory. i remember cry-laughing at it. "This one seems alright until - loving idiot - he bites into it and releases what must be pure citric acid"
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Heath posted:Wait, so you're not joking?? Nope, it's really that bad! But as the saying goes, it's easier to fool a guy than convince him he's been fooled so if defenders of this absolute garbage heap of a book want to praise it's endless edgelord musings, OK I guess? Gravity's Rainbow, work of total genius lmao posted:
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Apr 5, 2023 17:28
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that rules though
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gr rips. it's one of those book where you're reading for texture and not for like plot lore you can cross reference on the gravity's rainbow unofficial fandom wiki & yeah the gross out scenes are extremely gross. kind of the point!
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The Companion to Gravity's Rainbow is invaluable for appreciating the book more deeply so you don't end up brain damaged like the guy a few posts up
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Heath posted:The Companion to Gravity's Rainbow is invaluable for appreciating the book more deeply so you don't end up brain damaged like the guy a few posts up Lmao, "I need a companion book to try and get anything coherent out of this other book" is not a good endorsement. Let me guess, the bit where the writer uses the word "banana" about 400 times in the first 20 pages is some fantastically deep and clever writing lmfao
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oh my god there is literally a gravitys rainbow fan wiki lmao https://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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frytechnician posted:Let me guess, the bit where the writer uses the word "banana" about 400 times in the first 20 pages is some fantastically deep and clever writing lmfao art appreciator voice: hmm, you think so? speak on that
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frytechnician posted:Lmao, "I need a companion book to try and get anything coherent out of this other book" is not a good endorsement. Let me guess, the bit where the writer uses the word "banana" about 400 times in the first 20 pages is some fantastically deep and clever writing lmfao 👏 the 👏 curtains 👏 were 👏 blue 👏
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gr grabbed me by the ears and mindfucked me and, let me tell you, pynchon was not a gentle lover
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I really, really want to like this book but for some reason always just get a few chapters in before completely losing the plot and then getting annoyed with it and myself.
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Thank you for reminding me to retry gravitys rainbow. Its an extremely bad idea since I'm trying to get back into reading and a giant impenetrable postmodern text with a scat sex scene is probably beyond my power right now. I do kinda think about the black nazi rocket guys a bit. No idea why but they were distinctive.
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Wrestlepig posted:Its an extremely bad idea since I'm trying to get back into reading and a giant impenetrable postmodern text iirc there's a run-on, steam-of-consciousness sentence that goes on 3+ pages and i had to start reading it aloud to make sure i wasn't having a stroke gr will definitely leave its impact on you
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I got the trick of reading it out loud, which helps make it flow and also let's you look insane
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Wrestlepig posted:I got the trick of reading it out loud, which helps make it flow and also let's you look insane lmfao i did that.
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I've read it a few times now and think it's pretty solid, not everything works for me but an attentive read brings out the theme of institutionalized and systematized mass death and exploitation arising out existing political and capitalist systems turned to the purpose of war, and vice versa, and does it in a visceral way by creating a "mystery" for the reader to "solve" that just devolves into an increasingly paranoid realization of the nature of the postwar world. Like, it's a weird book and takes effort to read, but it's for a purpose. Also definitely funny, the incredibly shaggy set-up for a "40 million Frenchmen" pun is such a dad joke thing I can't not like it. Mason & Dixon was my first Pynchon book and as of my most recent read of each I actually think it's the better of the two. It's got the postmodern stuff and humor and the underpinning critical themes, but there's less (and less grotesque) sex stuff and there are actual characters with a (surprisingly heartfelt) friendship at the core the book. It feels like a more mature work and it's my current favorite of his "big" books.
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Jellyko posted:I've read it a few times now and think it's pretty solid, not everything works for me but an attentive read brings out the theme of institutionalized and systematized mass death and exploitation arising out existing political and capitalist systems turned to the purpose of war, and vice versa, and does it in a visceral way by creating a "mystery" for the reader to "solve" that just devolves into an increasingly paranoid realization of the nature of the postwar world. Like, it's a weird book and takes effort to read, but it's for a purpose. Also definitely funny, the incredibly shaggy set-up for a "40 million Frenchmen" pun is such a dad joke thing I can't not like it. There's some really stupid jokes in there. There's one that you need to have passed calc 2 to get that absolutely isn't worth it
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The joke is that you took calc
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Heath posted:The joke is that you took calc
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the book is funny and cool and everyone can read it if they put in some effort, and believe in themselves
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frytechnician posted:I'm going to assume you've already read Gravity's Rainbow - the ultimate literary punishment - so any slapfight we could get into is meaningless compared to the harm your tiny mind has already endured. op whats your favorite book
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today I learned Byron the lightbulb was based on a real lightbulb cartel lol. Pynchon owns, I need to get around to finishing Bleeding Edge
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Jenny Agutter posted:today I learned Byron the lightbulb was based on a real lightbulb cartel lol. Pynchon owns, I need to get around to finishing Bleeding Edge Was the immortal lightbulb based on an immortal lightbulb?
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