false 32760 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168393498m/32760.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168393498s/32760.jpg 5809 30 2999000 1963 V. total:2519|5:931|4:945|3:468|2:112|1:63| 2519 10126 4274 227 235 3.85 21764 2802 3022445 189406 410 0060930217 9780060930219 71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189m/410.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189s/410.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410.V_ 3.99 416 The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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The two...more...]]> 2196167 61519 5809 2020418770 9782020418775 121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132m/5809.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132s/5809.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5809.V_ 4.03 1867 1963 4 6 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 22:55:19 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:11:28 -0800 2009
I should have known, however, not to start reading him now, when I'm crazy-busy with school and work. Pynchon is famously difficult and de...more...]]> 37948070 406701 529488 0060913088 9780060913083 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560583m/529488.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560583s/529488.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529488.V_ 4.13 86 1963 5 4 false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 09:22:32 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 14:23:38 -0800 2008
Like Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon's first novel (published, I think, at an astonishing age 26) is concerned with questions of life and death, here both at the internal, personal scale of our relations to people, things, and the outer wor...more...]]> 14689608 779507 5809 2020418770 9782020418775 121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132m/5809.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132s/5809.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5809.V_ 4.02 2519 1963 2 5 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Feb 05 20:51:08 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 20:53:31 -0800 2008
“It is something less than heaven
To be quoted Thesis 1.7
Every time I make an advance;
If the world is all that the case is
That’s a pretty discouraging basis
On which to pursue
Any sort of romance.
I’ve got a proposition for y...more...]]> 2418517 155479 5809 2020418770 9782020418775 121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132m/5809.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132s/5809.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5809.V_ 4.02 2519 1963 5 3 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 15:24:25 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 10:54:22 -0700 2007
There's something very appealing about this attitude in a novel. ...more...]]> 14477306 366448 5809 2020418770 9782020418775 121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132m/5809.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165548132s/5809.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5809.V_ 4.02 2519 1963 1 5 false Fri May 02 15:36:06 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 03 17:39:34 -0800 2008 Fri May 02 15:36:06 -0700 2008
EDIT: I decided to try reading it again.


have you ever had the feeling that an author is simply trying ...more...]]> 3274320 182181 410 0060930217 9780060930219 71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189m/410.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189s/410.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410.V_ 4.02 2519 The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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a) Thomas Pynchon may be the smartest man alive.
b) Pynchon's vocabulary is one of the most extensive I've ever come across.
c) Reading Pynchon is tedious and often unpleasant.

Even with the companion and a book discussion group, reading...more...]]> 1280588 87204 32760 3499137305 9783499137303 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168393498m/32760.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168393498s/32760.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32760.V_ 4.05 37 1963 5 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991 Thu May 17 15:46:33 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 16:07:02 -0700 2007 The Crying of Lot 49 and the sprawling behemoth Gravity's Rainbow lies V, a book that's neither long nor particularly dense but still finds space for Pynchon's trademark historical digressions and lyrical flights of fancy. Pynchon's first novel is a thrilling mish-mash...more...]]> 15653449 54697 529488 0060913088 9780060913083 12 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560583m/529488.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175560583s/529488.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/529488.V_ 4.02 2519 1963 3 2 true Sat Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 17 17:28:11 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 17:28:11 -0800 2008 Alright, I admit it.

I DID read it, but with a problem. I didn't get it, I know I didn't.

After all the overlapping narratives I lost track. I reread the first 100 pages and their sheer jolt of electricity just got to me. And it picks up!

Benny Profane is on...more...]]> 23217516 156124 410 0060930217 9780060930219 71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189m/410.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189s/410.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410.V_ 4.02 2519 The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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Moral of the story: our entire trajectory, as animate humans, consists of nothing more than an inevitable progression fro...more...]]> 8770929 121883 410 0060930217 9780060930219 71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189m/410.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189s/410.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410.V_ 4.02 2519 The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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You don't come for the plot, cos its tied in a knot,
...more...]]> 1099667 74259 410 0060930217 9780060930219 71 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189m/410.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917189s/410.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/410.V_ 4.02 2519 The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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"Oh," said Profane.

"I am the twentieth century," she read. Profane rolled away and stared at the pattern in the rug.

***

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