Hola jorge! What an amazing surprise! Honestly I didn't expect it. I began my experience with pynchon by reading the crying of lot 49 too. The first time I understood barely nothing But the second time the book captivated me. So, very proud of myself, I tried to read gravity's rainbow. It was a complete failure because after 250 pages I give up on it. Last summer I watched a video about a guide's reader to this book. So I tried again to read it. And it blew me away. I enjoyed it so much that I didn't want it to end. Then I tried to read against the day but after 300 pages I gave up on it. I was just waiting for the chance to read Pynchon and you, my friend, are giving me the chance. Tomorrow I'll start reading V. I possess all pynchon's books because I wanna read all of them. Your project podcast on pynchon is mesmerizing. Thanks for your spellbinding review and for being for me such a source of inspiration. Have a wonderful day, my friend and happy reading. Bye. PS. I loved reading cloud atlas! I read it two times and watched the movie 3 times!!!
Hola, Marinella! 😃 You're such an excellent reader! Cloud Atlas is one of those novels that just blew my mind. I have a copy of the film, but I've seen it only once, at a movie theatre. What an experience! I hope you enjoy V. I like it because it gives you quite a bit of what you can find in Gravity's Rainbow without being such a big challenge (relatively speaking, of course, haha). It's a nice balance between Lot 49 and Rainbow, in other words. I can't wait to reread these books. We'll see how it goes! Cloud Atlas would be a nice one to revisit too, after so many years. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! Have an amazing day, and happy reading!
You read V? You're a better man than I, Jorge! Crying of Lot 49 was the best I could do with Pynchon, but I hear his later stuff is more accessible. There was a two season cable show called Lodge 49, which took its inspiration from Pynchon. It was on AMC before it was cancelled. If you haven't seen it, look into it.
I had no idea what I was getting into. 😄 Now I'm glad I got into Pynchon. His later work is definitely more accessible. I've yet to read Mason & Dixon, Against the Day, and Bleeding Edge, but I can say Vineland and Inherent Vice are a lot of fun. The Crying of Lot 49 is a good balance, and probably the best intro to his work. Then V. and especially Gravity's Rainbow are the most complex of the ones I've read. I will definitely look into Lodge 49. It sounds excellent! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and for the recommendation. Have a wonderful day, my friend!
I know, that's one of my favorite sequences in the novel! 😃 I meant to say something about it in the video, but I got lost in the flood of characters and situations, haha. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend. Have an amazing day!
Thank you. I will give Pynchon another chance. I've read CoL49, Bleeding Edge, and Inherent Vice, but I feel underwhelmed. Everything people say about him says he should be a writer I like.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! 😃 Hope you enjoy V. I really like this novel because it seems to have the best of both worlds: "light" Pynchon combined with the more profound stuff. I still need to read Bleeding Edge. Have a fantastic day, and happy reading!
Great synopsis video! I'm currently getting through Chapter 3 and your words have been encouraging. I do admit to being distracted because I'm noticing parallels to Danielewski's first novel "House of Leaves" (Profane vs. Lude (lewd) for example). Will do my best not to over interpret but ol' Thomas seems to beg for analysis and theorizing, no?
Thank you so much, Robert! 😃 I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Thank you also for reminding me that I need to read House of Leaves! It's been on my list for years... I think our friend Thomas would love our overinterpretation. To certain extent, or in certain contexts, it's okay to be like Stencil, haha. Have a fantastic day, my friend, and happy reading!
I read V. & Gravity’s Rainbow decades ago. Never revisited Pynchon since then. I went with the flow of the books, didn’t try to analyse them and found them enjoyable. I’m sure I completely missed the point of both of them, though :) Re mechanical women: The Eva Futura/The Future Eve/L’Eve future de Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1886). A peculiar (and misogynistic) book about a man who ask Thomas Edison to create an android looking like his mistress (but not as stupid as he thinks she is). Don’t recommend reading it in French though, Villers’ style isn’t easy to understand.
That is the best way to approach Pynchon, my friend! 😃 It is exactly what I did, and same thing, back in the day, when I was 19, with Ulysses. I figured, I'll see what I can understand and enjoy that. Then, when I reread these books, it was a much better experience. Same thing with Cortázar's Rayuela, now that I think about it. I've been wanting to read Villiers de L'Isle Adam for a while, so thank you so much for the recommendation! Sounds like a great novel, and ahead of its time too. By the way, I am about to reread another French author I like very much, so more to come, hopefully soon. Thanks once again for watching and commenting! Have an amazing day, my friend!
Hola jorge! What an amazing surprise! Honestly I didn't expect it. I began my experience with pynchon by reading the crying of lot 49 too. The first time I understood barely nothing
But the second time the book captivated me. So, very proud of myself, I tried to read gravity's rainbow. It was a complete failure because after 250 pages I give up on it. Last summer I watched a video about a guide's reader to this book. So I tried again to read it. And it blew me away. I enjoyed it so much that I didn't want it to end. Then I tried to read against the day but after 300 pages I gave up on it. I was just waiting for the chance to read Pynchon and you, my friend, are giving me the chance. Tomorrow I'll start reading V. I possess all pynchon's books because I wanna read all of them. Your project podcast on pynchon is mesmerizing. Thanks for your spellbinding review and for being for me such a source of inspiration. Have a wonderful day, my friend and happy reading. Bye. PS. I loved reading cloud atlas! I read it two times and watched the movie 3 times!!!
Hola, Marinella! 😃 You're such an excellent reader! Cloud Atlas is one of those novels that just blew my mind. I have a copy of the film, but I've seen it only once, at a movie theatre. What an experience! I hope you enjoy V. I like it because it gives you quite a bit of what you can find in Gravity's Rainbow without being such a big challenge (relatively speaking, of course, haha). It's a nice balance between Lot 49 and Rainbow, in other words. I can't wait to reread these books. We'll see how it goes! Cloud Atlas would be a nice one to revisit too, after so many years. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! Have an amazing day, and happy reading!
Love this! Thank you for the deep dive
So glad you enjoyed it, my friend! 😃 Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and have an amazing day!
Good job, enjoyed the discussion
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! 😃 So happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Have an amazing day, and happy reading!
You read V?
You're a better man than I, Jorge!
Crying of Lot 49 was the best I could do with Pynchon, but I hear his later stuff is more accessible.
There was a two season cable show called Lodge 49, which took its inspiration from Pynchon.
It was on AMC before it was cancelled. If you haven't seen it, look into it.
I had no idea what I was getting into. 😄 Now I'm glad I got into Pynchon. His later work is definitely more accessible. I've yet to read Mason & Dixon, Against the Day, and Bleeding Edge, but I can say Vineland and Inherent Vice are a lot of fun. The Crying of Lot 49 is a good balance, and probably the best intro to his work. Then V. and especially Gravity's Rainbow are the most complex of the ones I've read. I will definitely look into Lodge 49. It sounds excellent! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and for the recommendation. Have a wonderful day, my friend!
I love the alligators .
I know, that's one of my favorite sequences in the novel! 😃 I meant to say something about it in the video, but I got lost in the flood of characters and situations, haha. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend. Have an amazing day!
Overinterpretation is also a key word in handke's the goalkeeper's anxiety at a penalty kick.
Omg, what a wonderful connection! I totally missed it, so thank you for pointing it out, my friend! 😃
Thank you. I will give Pynchon another chance. I've read CoL49, Bleeding Edge, and Inherent Vice, but I feel underwhelmed. Everything people say about him says he should be a writer I like.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! 😃 Hope you enjoy V. I really like this novel because it seems to have the best of both worlds: "light" Pynchon combined with the more profound stuff. I still need to read Bleeding Edge. Have a fantastic day, and happy reading!
Great synopsis video! I'm currently getting through Chapter 3 and your words have been encouraging. I do admit to being distracted because I'm noticing parallels to Danielewski's first novel "House of Leaves" (Profane vs. Lude (lewd) for example). Will do my best not to over interpret but ol' Thomas seems to beg for analysis and theorizing, no?
Thank you so much, Robert! 😃 I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Thank you also for reminding me that I need to read House of Leaves! It's been on my list for years... I think our friend Thomas would love our overinterpretation. To certain extent, or in certain contexts, it's okay to be like Stencil, haha. Have a fantastic day, my friend, and happy reading!
I read V. & Gravity’s Rainbow decades ago. Never revisited Pynchon since then.
I went with the flow of the books, didn’t try to analyse them and found them enjoyable. I’m sure I completely missed the point of both of them, though :)
Re mechanical women: The Eva Futura/The Future Eve/L’Eve future de Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1886). A peculiar (and misogynistic) book about a man who ask Thomas Edison to create an android looking like his mistress (but not as stupid as he thinks she is). Don’t recommend reading it in French though, Villers’ style isn’t easy to understand.
That is the best way to approach Pynchon, my friend! 😃 It is exactly what I did, and same thing, back in the day, when I was 19, with Ulysses. I figured, I'll see what I can understand and enjoy that. Then, when I reread these books, it was a much better experience. Same thing with Cortázar's Rayuela, now that I think about it.
I've been wanting to read Villiers de L'Isle Adam for a while, so thank you so much for the recommendation! Sounds like a great novel, and ahead of its time too. By the way, I am about to reread another French author I like very much, so more to come, hopefully soon. Thanks once again for watching and commenting! Have an amazing day, my friend!