Trickiest part for me was remembering the 2,000 or whatever characters. That’s where the guides come in handy.
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Thursday, 10 May 2018 03:47 (six years ago) link
The first appreciation I've read for Gravity's Rainbow in its 50th anniversary year – many more to come I'm sure. Arguing for Pynchon's relevance but asking – if reality has become as absurd as Pynchon, does that constitute an obstacle to reading him? https://t.co/4mgRk9q32C— James B (@piercepenniless) February 17, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 17 February 2023 12:35 (one year ago) link
There are some great, heavily researched guides and supplements online for GR that follow basically page by page. Totally worth it. Really illuminated my reading experience.
I should try that. I've read the book twice, have been contemplating a third read. I think a guide might add something. It did with Ulysses.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 17 February 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
Happy 50th birthday!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fp_lwtqXgAMypQK.jpg
― Piedie Gimbel, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 10:48 (one year ago) link
hb you amazing fucked-up freak :)
― imago, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 10:49 (one year ago) link
"tussodyne" is a 2023 meme just waiting to unfurl
― mark s, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 10:57 (one year ago) link
nice to see Nestlé's original brand name before they went woke
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 11:17 (one year ago) link
hbtp
having read three copies of this to pieces (original trade paperback w swollen red sun, frank miller penguin classic ew, 70s mass market paperback w rainbow contrails-- this one in many pieces) maybe today is the day to find a copy of that nice earlier penguin w the rocket blueprints on it
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
...keep hearing thread title in Letterkenny voice...
― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:35 (one year ago) link
FIrst read that as "in Lemmy's voice"
― Wile E. Galore (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99wSTVMRkIk
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 22:17 (one year ago) link
(6'53" if you don't want to sit through the whole thing)
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link