Anyone with the new CoLot49? Would you mind showing us a picture of it? I'd like to the deckled edges
>>7859195
Whats the order to read Pynchon in? Anyone have any info graphs about it?
>>7859216
here you f a m
>>7859216
any is fine really. Probably would recommend a reading GR after you are used to his style though
Serious question.
Everyone I know in real life who likes Pynchon is a total prick. Do you think it's just a coincidence that these pricks all like his work or is there something about his writing that attracts pricks?
I want to read Pynchon but I don't want to be like them.
>>7859216
don't bother he's a juvenile hack
>>7859262
/lit/ is real life and we are all nice people
>>7859262
sadly, most people that read are just pretentious pricks, whether its Pynchon or john Grisham.
I like to think that >>7859280 is right and people here are the small portion of readers with a sense of humor, but i doubt that's true. i'm pretentious as fuck and i dont even mean to be. i try to avoid talking about reading
>>7859262
I think because Pynchon's work is somewhat hard to grasp and the fact he's a very notable author that mainstream culture ignores, people tend to be smug about his work. I think it's just a coincidence senpai. I've met one other person irl who read Pynchon and she was pretty nice.
>>7859295
Avoid talking about reading, your books, philosophy, you know what? Just avoid talking in general, avoid people too. Avoid everything, fuck everything, acquire knowledge.
>>7859295
this, there's like an inherent fedora that goes with citing joyce etc as your favourite authors.
Since this thread seems like a good place to add this, is the Crying of Lot 49 at Walmart really the one they send you? I ordered a certain edition of a book once and they sent me a different edition. The Lot 49 book they have is the 1989 edition with a girl standing in front of a billboard with the trystero. Are they going to end up sending the perenial harper edition with the aqua color and stamp to the right?
>>7859321
>buying your books at walrmart
>>7859328
What? They're cheap.
>>7859328
>buying
>>7859262
He's the most famous writer of "literature" alive
>>7859335
I'd honestly never even heard of him prior to discovering /lit/
>ywn be American
>>7859299
>she
Did you fugg? :D
>>7859363
No, she was old like around 60.
>>7859373
>>7859386
>"what are you reading"
>Thomas pynchon V
>"is that fantasy? I never heard of him"
>>7859328
>I let spooks rule my life
honestly I never even knew who Pynchon was until /lit/
>>7859468
I haven't even read him.
He's just a meme to me.
>>7859332
theyre probably cheaper on amazon
>>7859427
>You know Stephen Kind's IT? Its in that same genre: alphabet fiction
>>7859642
Only sometimes, I compare prices and just get whichever is less
>>7859310
Saved
>>7859216
Order of publishing just like any writer
>>7859262
I like Pynchon because he's funny.
C'mon, someone has to have this edition
>>7859195
Stupid, terrible book. I only recommend this if you are interested in stamp collecting and the mail system.
>>7859262
Nope, you have no choice. He's the greatest living author but you have to strike a Faustian bargain where you agree to become a total prick, in exchange for which you are allowed to read and enjoy his novels. Make the deal. It's worth it.
