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fav book t b h
that edition sucks though

>>9242065
>that edition sucks though
why, I already have it so I'm fucked anyways

That's the best book of the meme trilogy. IJ is the worst, & this is by far the more interesting and fun read.

>>9242084
Is it really better than Ulysses? I just finished it, I don't understand how could anyone compete with Joyce, maybe I'm just overhype because I just finished

>>9242091
I adore Ulysses and would probably say it's "objectively" better, but I prefer GR. It's more relevant to today's world, more fun, funny, irreverent, and has lots of great sex scenes.

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>>9242084
>IJ is the worst

do NOT bully DFW!

>>9242102
oh ok I got ya
I dont think I will finish the meme trilogy, DFW is a fun meme but after reading stuff about him and his ideas he seems like fucking retard, he was more than "depressed" that guy had some sort of brain damage or maybe a really weird case of autism
I enjoyed his "this is water" thing tho, I thought it was cute

>>9242118
I also downloaded the IJ pdf read a couple of pages and it just feels like he wants to be le so quirky just for the sake of it, in a really nu-male-ish way

>>9242118
That, his non-fiction, and his story "Good Old Neon" or whatever it's called are decent. I HAAATED Broom of the System. IJ has been sitting on my desk with the bookmark at page 200 for months now LOL. I started it after a big Pynchon phase and couldn't help but compare them. I should really finish it though.

>>9242134
Yeah I remember starting to read GON and I was enjoying but I was really depressed in that time and it was making me feel even worse so I dropped it
I dont remember where I have it now

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>>9242076
return it and order this one online

it's the most recent edition without any errors, nice cover too

>>9242204
it's still cheap as hell despite possibly being out of print in favor of the "deluxe edition"

https://www.amazon.com/Gravitys-Rainbow-Classic-20th-Century-Penguin/dp/0140188592/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

>>9242204
This.
The vintage edition is good too.

>>9242076
this edition has missing sentences and typos

>>9242050
GR was edited in Brasil. Sold poorly and is out of stock at amazon.com.br
Here you can only buy a used copy for US$100.00

fuck.

>>9242050
>What am I in for?
goofs, gaffs, hijinks, capers, guffaws...

>>9242091
As much as I like Ulysses, my take is Gravity's Rainbow has a slight edge, i.e. coherency, to it that makes it a little more enjoyable.

>>9242251
are you fucking kidding me how did they manage to fuck up so badly
ffs, are those sentences really that important?
it took it like half a month to arrive this is hell i dont want to wait so long again
pls nuke me

>>9242251
>>9242540

Stop falling for this meme. It has one missing line that's been fixed in newer editions.

>>9242566
mine says "published in 2006"
did i get cucked or not

>>9242586
Go to page 139, and the sentence at the bottom of the page should say "Your task, in the dreams, is often to-"

And if it continues on the other page to "pens." then you have the "fucked up" edition, and if you really don't want to just get a pen and write in the missing part of the sentence, "cross under the trees through the shadows before something hap-" then you can get a new edition.

>>9242603
thanks, turns out i didnt get kike'd
wtf i love penguin now

>>9242616

Cool congrads. You can stop believing in the meme now. Literally no one has given proof of other missing sentences or egregious typos.

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>not having this edition
pleb central

>>9242475
will I get the jokes if I'm not american?

>>9242520
>>9242102
joyce btfo?

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>>9242633

ha

get on my level, pleb

>>9242649
how
does your dad work for pynchon

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>>9242649
>>9242633
this is objectively best cover

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>>9242681

Yeah. I met him a few times. He's a cool guy, but I think he steals cutlery every time he comes over to visit. We forgive him though because we like to think it helps his writing. Also he gives us lots of things like his Simpsons script.

>>9242696
2/10

>>9242633
the paparback of this viking ed. is fucking garbage

>>9242251
>>9242566
No it doesn't. The printings have been fixed.

>>9242603
This

>>9242640
probably not, but your average American wouldn't get them either

why not just read a few pages and find out for yourself?

>>9242640
1. do you know who Mickey Rooney is?
2. most of the goofs are slapstick

>>9242566
>>9242778
no it hasnt, it's blatantly a censored version

dont buy it

>>9242649
0/10, dont pretend, kiddo

>>9243266
>it's blatantly a censored version

prove it

>>9243296
prove its been fixed

>>9242696
Haha, argues w/ your children about which cartoons to watch, steals your nice cutlery--he sounds like a fun guest

>>9243549
that kid never met him, its not his pic, he's not fucking fred and phyllis, known friends of pyncheon

>>9242696
this is absolutely insane, tell us more fun stuff, post more pictures

>>9242050
anon if it helps i have that edition of the book and it doesn't have any of the typos that were recorded. the issues must have been corrected pretty fast. check yours before you read but all may not be lost

>>9243556
he's lying lol

>>9243553
I figured he was their little son.

>>9243570
Pinecone's son is in his 20s at this stage

5 pages in and I dont know if my english I worse than I thought or this shit is just bananas

different anon, is this worth reading if you've already had the "big twist ending" revealed to you?

>>9243766
>bananas

heh

>>9243785
yes absolutely, it's not a book you should really read for the plot anyway

>>9243785
>reading for plot
but desu the inside of the OP's edition cover and backcover totally spoil the thing
fucking assholes i hate penguin

>>9242050
anon if you make a GR thread every day I'll comment on it

>>9242084
not a horrible opinion, with books like these it comes down to personal taste at a certain point, but I gotta say it's hard to beat Ulysses for me

>>9242102
>tfw you'll never crawl into a girls nose and unleash havoc

>>9242118
how about you read a fucking book instead of forming an opinion over the memes and opinions of others

>>9242134
same for you, read a book before complaining about it

>>9242696
7/10