Should I read Carpenter's Gothic before diving into Recognitions?

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2016-03-15 16:43:02 Post No. 7815030
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 16:43:02 Post No. 7815030 [Report]

Should I read Carpenter's Gothic before diving into Recognitions? Anyone here read it? Thoughts?

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 16:43:38 Post No.7815031
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 16:43:38 Post No.7815031 [Report]

always read chronologically.

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 17:20:46 Post No.7815139
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 17:20:46 Post No.7815139 [Report]

>>7815031
No, this isn't /mu/

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 17:21:51 Post No.7815147
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 17:21:51 Post No.7815147 [Report]

>>7815030
Read Gaddis chronologically, as his ideas and views mature with each book.

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 17:23:44 Post No.7815157
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 17:23:44 Post No.7815157 [Report]

>>7815139
I get your point but there are definitely some writers for whom it makes more sense to read chronologically.

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 19:13:22 Post No.7815569
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 19:13:22 Post No.7815569 [Report]

>>7815157
because Anon said so.

Carpenter's Gothic is my favourite novel I've read in the past year. The first chapter especially is virtuoso writing of the highest order.

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 19:49:19 Post No.7815700
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 19:49:19 Post No.7815700 [Report]

>>7815569
>tfw read Carpenter's Gothic in a flurry last year and it just blew me the fuck away

Gaddis is the greatest

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Anonymous 2016-03-15 20:39:43 Post No.7815839
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Anonymous 2016-03-15 20:39:43 Post No.7815839 [Report]

>>7815030

'The Recognitions' isn't as hard as you think it is.