Are they the two best American authors, or simply the most admired? Which do you prefer and why?
>>7730081
No. That title belongs to Gaddis, Hawkes, or Gass (McElroy, maybe?). And though I do quite like Pynchon, I'd have to say Faulkner is, in terms of style and ideas, a better author (whatever that means).
>>7730097
how do you determine who deserves the title? why?
>>7730126
In truth, no one does. I'm just playing along and trying to start a discussion about the authors I listed.
which book by Pynchon should I start with?
what book by Pynchon should I start with? I haven't read any of them
>>7730097
Shut the fuck up, lol. I want the Gaddis/McElroy meme to die. I guarantee you haven't even read Women and Men. Holy shit this place is so fucking pretentious.
>>7730179
Depends. I recommend skipping TCOL49 and starting with V.
>>7730179
crying of lot
>>7730179
Gravity's Rainbow. It's his best. Don't pussyfoot around it by reading something else of his that others may think you'll have an easier time understanding.
>>7730180
just dive straight the fuck into the gravity's rainbow and have fun
>>7730179
Inherent Vice
>>7730182
You're going to have to try harder than that to bait me, anon.
Faulkner if you're into dark Southern Gothic.
Pynchon if you like drug-filled nonsensical paranoid schizophrenic absurdity.
>>7730081
Nope. It's McCarthybitch
>>7730229
>bitch
Bloom please leave.
>>7730185
b-but GR is much more fun and comprehensible after the 'lot'. It is a great introduction imho
>>7730184
more like crying a lot
Billy F all the way
Hemingway no contest
>>7730081
> implying I give a shit about hillbillies jerking off on their porch while they take turns "narrating"
pinecone all the way
>>7730081
>or simply the most admired?
John Green
>>7730081
pynchon is a juvenile hack
Yea but really Wallace is the best
>>7732617
>not Lin
