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V. | Thomas Pynchon

Starting 2023 with Thomas Pynchon ðŸ“•
#readin2023 #homelibrary #whatacover

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Graywacke

V. | Thomas Pynchon

#Alphabetgame #LetterV @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I have a mixed relationship with Pynchon, and actually with this book, but it‘s a wacky, entertaining, fun, oddball, if difficult work (possibly with a heavy play Vladimir Nabokov, by name and by theme in The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, a book also searching for some mysterious thing). So it‘s hung around.

See also Véra-Stacy Schiff (more Nabokov) & Voices from Chernobyl-Svetlana Alexievich.

AnnR I like the gold period you added to the graphic. Nice touch! ðŸ‘ 2y

Graywacke @Ann_Reads I‘m unreasonably proud of that dot. â˜ºï¸ 2y

Liz_M So, V. over Gravity's Rainbow? 2y

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batsy Yes! Agree with @Ann_Reads ðŸ™‚ Pynchon also an author I've yet to read. If I'm to read just one to get an idea of him, what would you recommend? 2y

Graywacke @Liz_M GR is much more ambitious, and wackier and deeper and more serious. But it‘s very hard to read, even the sentences are tough. Also I bought a guidebook and was completely dependent on it. V. reads very nicely. So, in hindsight, I‘m much more attached to V. ðŸ™‚ 2y

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Graywacke @batsy I‘m only just seeing your comment. ðŸ™ The app is acting up. I think V. is the one I would recommend. Of course, GR will get you into a lot more conversation, if you like (with books and people). But V. has some claws on the wonderment part of the brain. (I liked his early short stories too, Slow Learner. By honestly, I didn‘t like the other 3 books I‘ve read by him. He was a theme I quit. He‘s just makes it too hard for me.) 2y

batsy @Graywacke Thank you! GR is the one I've been contemplating, but I feel more drawn to Crying of Lot 49; those two seem to be his more "popular" works, so to speak. Will add V. to the top of the list though! 2y

Graywacke @batsy I found The Crying short and decent reading but also incomprehensible. (I read afterwards it was about the jfk assassination. This was news to me, and I still don‘t get it. ðŸ™) 2y

batsy @Graywacke Oh dear! That would surely go over my head, as well ðŸ™ƒ 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing ðŸ™ŒðŸ»ðŸ“š 2y

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Liz_M

V. | Thomas Pynchon

#3books with a one word title. (I couldn't resist these one letter titles even if the two I've read were so-so and I am afraid of the third ðŸ˜)

@OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 4y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful photo ðŸ“¸ 4y

BarbaraBB Cool choices and photo! 4y

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gradcat

V. | Thomas Pynchon

1. V by Thomas Pynchon ?
2. Barbara Vine (kind of cheating hereâ€”this is a nom de plume of Ruth Rendell) ?
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona ? & Vera ?
4. Vanilla anything! Ice cream, Creme brûlée, Frostingâ€”anything!! ?
#ManicMonday
Thanks @JoScho

gradcat Oops! Forgot #LetterV ðŸ˜¬! 5y

JoScho â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ 5y

Aloisi_tribe I ðŸ’œ Barbara Vine/Ruth Rendell. Have you read Anna‘s Book? 5y

gradcat @Aloisi_tribe I have read Anna‘s Book...but you know, I remember it being hard to find, so I must have wanted the hard copy for some reason. Could have been before I got a Kindle even. But for me, her psychological suspense novels are. the. BEST! Everyone after just seems to follow in her path-not that other authors aren‘t good...it‘s just that the Vine novels are so damn good. Have you read

A Dark-Adapted Eye

Cedar_and_Grapefruit 1. Three Musketeers, 2. Maria York, 3. The Darjeeling Limited, 4. My dad's chicken soup that I haven't had in 25 years. 5y

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jmofo

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V. is not my favorite of the Pynchon books I have read but it might look like it from its condition. Like most of the his books I have read, I started this one three times before I got into it. There are scenes and characters I dearly love, though. #crimesagainstcovers challenge I always have packing tape (often in my backpack) to repair books. While I was reading this one, I ran out. I made do w/electrical tape and rebuilt the cover once I could

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Billypar I only ever read Crying of Lot 49, which o 6y

Billypar Whoops...hit 'send' too quickly ðŸ˜³....which I remember liking, but have always been curious to read more. Which one is your favorite? 6y

jmofo @Billypar !! I was reading them in chronological order but Slow Learner came out and jacked my plans. I ðŸ’— Lot 49. I really love it. I have a tattoo of the postal horn. ðŸ˜ But I have also read Gravity‘s Rainbow, Vineland, & Mason & Dixon. I also ðŸ’—ðŸ’œ Vineland and Gravity‘s Rainbow. If you‘re going to read Mason Dixon and haven‘t read Neil Stephenson yet, go for it. I have really enjoyed Stephenson‘s writing and kept comparing M&D with Quicksilver. 6y

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jmofo @Billypar !!! So the books are super different. I liked Vineland as it was zany. M&D was great for a historical buddy road movie/romp. Gravity‘s Rainbow has some of my most favorite passages, far too hard to encapsulate. 6y

Billypar Thanks for that summary! I need to reread 49 - I read it in college for a course (at a time when I read next to nothing that wasn't for a course ðŸ˜) and I don't remember much except for the creepy feeling - not knowing what was real and what was paranoia. GR was obviously on my radar but haven't heard as much about Vineland or M&D (and I haven't read Stephenson yet), but will keep those in mind: thanks for the reccs! 6y

jmofo @Billypar I‘m happy to talk books! I‘m not a rideordie fan but his writing has meant a lot to me over the years and is inspiring for me as a writerly type. I‘m looking forward to hearing how you feel about reading Pynchon & Stephenson if/when you get to it! 6y

Graywacke Hi. I stumbled through to the end of M&D and decided to retire my efforts to read through Pynchon chronologically there. In hindsight, V. was my actually personal favorite of his. Fun posts here. 6y

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keithmalek

V. | Thomas Pynchon

"Love with your mouth shut, help without breaking your ass or publicizing it: keep cool, but care."

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plasticandwire

V. | Thomas Pynchon

Keep cool but care - Pynchon

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GoneFishing

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Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which themselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered.

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GoneFishing

V. | Thomas Pynchon

Life's single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.

Garyrej Awesome read,Pynchon is great! 8y

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readingnatalie

V. | Thomas Pynchon

I had to take part in #booktober today because I'm in the habit of getting the #debutnovel of just about any author I read. Four of these haven't been read yet; the others are all favorites. My shelves contain many more!

RealLifeReading

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Simone_Gibson

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Such an amazing, thought provoking, journey of a novel. Pynchon's first, V., is a series of stories tied together by a common thread. He delves into themes of humanity, life/death, war and love, ultimately creating a labyrinthine masterpiece that will take days to unravel. It will be worth it.

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parmesancrisp

V. | Thomas Pynchon

"Beatrice screamed, glasses flew parabolic and glittering, spraying the Sailor's Grave with watery beer."

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