false <![CDATA[Gravity's Rainbow]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156917191m/415.jpg 415 27 Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, <I>Gravity's Rainbow</I> is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's <I>Ulysses</I> was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force. 866393 book 1973 Gravity's Rainbow total:4235|5:2097|4:1119|3:569|2:241|1:209| 4235 17359 9500 740 5 47 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Wed May 16 14:08:45 -0700 2007 Wed May 16 14:42:04 -0700 2007 Gravity's Rainbow:

Gravity's Rainbow is a book you either love or hate, and if you hate it it's probably because you couldn't finish the damn thing. Though by no means impenetrable, the novel is daunting enough to merit a list of tips for those wishing to...more...]]> 4 18 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 06:27:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:51:30 -0700 2009 Gravity’s Rainbow wouldn't have this baggage in the first place. It's Gravity's Rainbow, and that makes me feel like I need to read it, preferably without ...more...]]> 5 18 false false Sat Mar 24 09:13:20 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 02:38:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 9 false false Mon Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 1989 Fri Feb 01 10:25:09 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 22 08:49:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 7 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 11:02:58 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 11:56:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jun 14 09:03:43 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 29 19:56:03 -0700 2008

and here it is!!!!! i just got back from running, ha ha... perfect... this is dated summer 2004:

"As a rebo...more...]]> 5 5 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Wed Oct 17 18:45:59 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 17 20:49:58 -0700 2007 If you are not laughing at the bawdy humor, the slapstick, and the corny...
If you are not laughing giddily a...more...]]> 2 5 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 10:11:37 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 12:09:38 -0700 2007 I'm not going to bash something that obviously means a lot to so many peop...more...]]> 1 5 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 02:12:18 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 20 12:58:10 -0700 2009
I know history is rarely kind to harsh criticisms about super nebulous or "difficult" authors , but dig this --

This book is horrible. After reading 'The Crying of Lot 49', 'Slo...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Jun 19 19:21:38 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 20:24:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 19 22:03:33 -0700 2007 Tue May 08 19:13:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed Dec 24 10:24:31 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 14 18:05:28 -0800 2009
Then I picked up Vineland out of a bargain bin, and realized it was probably the funniest thi...more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 05:37:23 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 10:44:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Fri Aug 17 09:33:57 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 09:33:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Sep 11 12:46:16 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 12:50:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 20:36:24 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 08 14:09:26 -0800 2007 5 3 false false Mon Jul 21 03:24:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 12:34:46 -0800 2008
before i go any furthere, i just want to say that pynchon makes me glad to be a...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 15:03:39 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 15:15:21 -0700 2008 I don't know guv I must've blacked out when I come to she was g...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 03 22:30:31 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 08 22:45:27 -0800 2009 before:
I REALLY WANT TO READ THIS BOOK! I've been dying to read it for YEARS actually...but alas, I keep procrastinating.

after:
Terrible yet amazing. I can tell that he was "so fucked up" when he wrote this. (Longer review to come.)

the longer review (I co...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 15 02:56:04 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 21 02:17:24 -0800 2008 digressive or parenthetical would be good descriptive words. It's on the Joycean side to say...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=415