I-I'm not crying...

sot weed factor for plebs

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>>9596542

>>9596529
Yeah, he can make [you] cry too.

>>9596542
False. Though Sotweed's a great novel, too.

fagaaaaats

>>9596542
i got the floating opera and the end of the road, are they good?

>>9596863
you think the floating opera is good but you feel as though the end of the road insists upon itself

>>9596542
I enjoyed both, though I thought Sot-Weed was better. Pynchon wasn't unaware of the similarities, and clearly embraced them. I doubt that you've read both, honestly.

>>9596869
alright cool, thank you for telling me what to feel

>>9596875
now you don't have to bother reading them

Just got Against the Day. What am I in for? I'm pretty excited.

>>9596529
Yeah I cried too. Fuck now you made me think about that ending fuck you.

>>9596929
have you ever read one of those instruction manuals for how to put an a Chinese air conditioning unit together? imagine something like that but more longwinded

>>9596542

having just recently finished sot-weed, im thinking about jumping into this one.

ive heard that people have had a hard time getting used to the subject material/language but did sot-weed adequately prepare me?

>>9596939
is it that bad? holy cowina

>>9596959
No. It might be his masterpiece. Just read it. There's like 4 people total on here that have read it, and that guy is not one of them.

>>9596973
okay.

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>>9596529
>tfw you can never read M&D for the first time ever again

>>9596973
I heard it was complex and I was planning on reading it with a guide or just at face value first. I'm unsure. But I got it on a whim and saw that it is considered one of his better world, so I'm excited.

>>9596542
Stop saying that

>>9597166
but it gets me so many "You"s

The last transit killed me. Mason didn't like his sons at first because of Rebekah right? Your mate. It's what happens when your mate dies.

Kill me I have no mates.

>>9597174
What if (you) spent that time actually reading the novels and forming thoughts of your own about them? Ridiculous, I know, but at least then you'd be original.

>>9597192
>implying anyone on this board gives a flying fuck about original posts, or would commend an original thought regarding pynchon
you're writing checks you can't cash.

>>9596869
>insists upon itself
Literally a Family Guy quote (looked it up); stop posting

>>9597362
>he had to look it up to get it

>>9597192
nah I'll pass

>>9596542
Except Barth is a hack and not at all doing the same thing Pynchon is.

>>9596989
I can, I read most of it stoned.

>>9596863
Worth reading. Read Sot-weed factor after, although it is a lot different from those two works.

>>9597011

I tried reading it with a guide and it was just too much. Was taking forever to get through.

I think there's a great story in ATD but there's too much other shit going on and getting in the way. It feels like two or three other Pynchon novels clumped together and, while there are fantastic moments, it doesn't really work.

>>9599086
that's a little depressing. ah well, i guess i'll still try to read it.

>>9599086
So then I believe this is something I will wait to tackle when I'm truly prepared for some in depth analysis. I know you say it doesn't work, but the more I look, the more I see people how have finished it and understood it saying it's the best thing by Pynchon and that they've ever read. So I'm too hyped to be daunted.

>>9599098
Don't take other people's opinions of it too seriously. It's a novel that everyone seems to experience very differently.

>>9599111
Trips *rarely* never lie.

>>9599126
So trips usually lie?

>>9597178
really top tier characterization

we should do a reading group maybe towards the end of summer/into autumn

>>9599128
>>>/pol/

>>9599128
No, it's about 50/50 was the joke there.

>>9599153
Sixty percent of the time, I get jokes every time.

>>9596529
>son & xon
why can't i find this anywhere?

>>9596529
should i read mason & dixon or against the day first?

>>9600693
M&D