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Joey Anderson
is 12% done
Not as interesting as I thought it would be. There must be many readers who are fascinated with the Transit of Venus; I’m just not one of them. I’ve always been intrigued by Pynchon’s other works, so I am sure it will get better.
— Jul 03, 2020 02:28AM
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Joey Anderson
is 89% done
On Dixon’s suggestion they stay in America:
“Stay? Here? Christ, no, Dixon.— ’Twas an Odyssey,— now must I return to the Destiny ever waiting for me,— faithfully,— her Loom now mine to sit and toil at, to the end of days, whilst she’s out, no doubt, with any number of Suitors, roaring and merry.”
And for the reader as well.
— Aug 05, 2020 08:05PM
“Stay? Here? Christ, no, Dixon.— ’Twas an Odyssey,— now must I return to the Destiny ever waiting for me,— faithfully,— her Loom now mine to sit and toil at, to the end of days, whilst she’s out, no doubt, with any number of Suitors, roaring and merry.”
And for the reader as well.
Joey Anderson
is 21% done
The novel did get better once I realized that science and technology were simply a side issue to the central ideas of the 18th century: the European penchant for slavery, commerce, and colonialism in the “Age of Reason.”
— Jul 04, 2020 10:53PM
Joey Anderson
is 3% done
A pleasant newness about the meeting of Mason and Dixon. I like Pynchon's narrator who uses a mock 18th century style and its idioms. It's a fun reading.
— Nov 16, 2018 11:38PM
