It isn't good... yet

>>7830470

Just finished it about a week ago. I enjoyed it a lot, although probably less than the other Pynchon I've read (Gravity's Rainbow, Lot 49, Inherent Vice).

His contemporary references to shit like Metal Gear Solid, Burzum, and robots.txt files pleasantly surprised me considering his age and made the book feel really immersive and accurate to the time period.

Also, I really enjoyed his the whole idea of a VR simulation of the deepweb. Those parts kinda felt like "Pynchon does Snow Crash" which was pretty great because I've got a soft spot for sci fi.

>>7830719
OH NO REFERENCES
DOESN'T THAT MAKE IT


POST MODERN? ??????

I don't own it yet but it looks interested. finished the crying of lot 49 two weeks ago and am starting inherent vice next, then gravity's rainbow

>>7830804
Okay, and what did you think of it?

>>7830812
lot 49 was pretty good. Its weird how pynchon is sort of shitting on post-modernism and literary theory in the book but his work has been so coopted by that group

>>7830835
I've never read Pynchon, but maybe that's the point. You've got to consider separating the narrator from the author, they're two completely different entities.

>>7830843
yeah, it's a good story altogether and you might dig it. it's very immersed in the 60s counter culture but also tries to tell a history of the u.s. through the lens of the postal system