false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170534131m/59721.jpg 59721 15 1934 book 1990 Vineland total:1825|5:364|4:670|3:553|2:183|1:55| 1825 6580 2691 153 5 7 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 18 17:55:24 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 18:15:05 -0800 2007 Pynchon you think of trudgery, right? And like this dizzying thing that just makes you feel unintellectual and slow for never being able to catch up, right? Ok, nameless you, well if that is the case, you have never read Vineland. Because oh. my. god. this book is so superbly ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Apr 16 04:24:06 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 16 22:28:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 23 11:59:27 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 12 10:37:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 11:34:16 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 11:59:47 -0700 2008 Gravity's Rainbow, this 1990 novel presents a zany spoof satirical thriller on the surface, with an order of Harley-riding nuns, ninjettes, Reaganaught law enforcement agencies, 1960's radicals who have been driven underground or turned informants, a...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Oct 06 03:02:05 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 06 03:27:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 03 13:35:59 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 13:52:34 -0800 2007 cleverness of it all, prevents me from really becoming involved with the characters. Everything is so external that I am ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 15:41:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:36:59 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 28 11:08:03 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:08:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 23:38:26 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 23:30:19 -0800 2009 Vineland is. Parts of it are utterly sublime: hilarious, poignant, and perfectly composed. Periodically while reading this book, I had to stop, go back several pages, and read them again a few more times, just to marvel at Pynchon's ability...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 22 06:44:49 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 06:49:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 24 10:24:38 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 10:28:17 -0800 2008
Then I picked up Vineland out of a bargain bin, and realized it was probably the funniest thi...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 04:11:37 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 07:46:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:30:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:32:47 -0700 2009
Where do I even start describing this book? Burned out hipp...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 21:41:29 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 21:36:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 16:40:50 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 17:00:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 13:02:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:37:43 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 13:02:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 11:27:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 13:12:01 -0700 2009
Because th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Jun 20 23:31:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 02:30:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:38:57 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:45:06 -0700 2009 Finnegans Wake - but in retrospect, as this fits snugly at what is now the mid-career point, thank goodness it wasn't.
Instead we ha...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jan 10 23:12:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:13:38 -0800 2009 Vineland and I never really finished it, even though I tried to read it twice.

But I have to back up. I tried to read Gravity's Rainbow in college, but never finished. A few years later, I tried again, and I LOVED it. For me, it was the literary equivalent...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=59721