where do i start with him?
TCoL49 or IV. Could start wit V. but it's much more difficult than the other two.
Start with whatever the fuck you want except against the day because it's way too long
>>8163285
I agree with this except the part about against the day. start with what ever you want. don't be a faggot. might I suggest son & xon
>tfw started with GR
tried starting gravity's rainbow, then read a bit and was like, damn i dunno
i plan on reading v first but im not in a rush to get into pynchon i have some other stuff thats more interesting to me atm
>>8163074
You don't
Pynchons my fav writer for sure because my fav thing in books is goofs, gags, jokes and rambunctious behavior, and his books are full to the brim of it. Every novel is like one of those novelty snake cans, you open the book & POP you get a face fulla snakes and you fall back cackling. The mad mind, the crack genius, to do it! and then you think hmmm whats he gonna do next, this trickster, and you pick the book back up and BZZZZZZZZZZ you get a shock and Hahahahahah you've been pranked again by the old pynchmeister, that card. "Did that Pynch?" he says, laughing yukyukyukyuk. Watch him as he shoves a pair of plastic buck teeth right up into his mouth and displays em for you- left, right, center- "you like dese? Do i look handsome???" Pulls out a mirror. "Ah!" Hand to naughty mouth. And you're on your ass again laughing as he snaps his suspenders, exits stage right, and appears again hauling a huge golden gong.
>>8164646
i love this pasta
>>8163074
Mason & Dixon
Inherent Vice.
Crying of Lot 49 and Bleeding Edge. If you like those, read V and Gravity's Rainbow.
mason and dixon
Pynchon looks like my old friend from 2nd grade who threw his shit all over our bathroom.
I read Crying of Lot 49 and then V, and I've just started Vineland.
Lot 49 I enjoyed, but didn't think it was brilliant (probably 2deep4me). V though I thought was really, really excellent.
>>8165880
>Some critic described BE & IV as "Pynchon lite".
>This ends up making it into the wikipedia articles for both books
>This idea is now fully assimilated into the meme-consciousness of /lit/ via infographic
god damn it you guys. i don't get how either of these are more "lite" than lot 49 (not trash talking lot 49 or anything, and I don't consider this a criticism either). I haven't read vineland but from what I've heard this could be "Pynchon lite" as well, right? So what, like half of Pynchon's books are "Pynchon lite"? Can we end this meme?
crying of lot 49 is probably the easiest just in terms of length/dipping your toes into pynchon. imo don't spend too much time trying to decipher all of the references and if you decide you like the prose style move onto V or M&D
>>8164646
>he says
3/10 weak pasta
