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Nineteen Eighty-Four
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1984 is one of the best novels ever written in English. The dismal world of the "future" presented here is beyond belief but also seems within reach. Although it may seem to be a warning against communism (some of the elements are found in A Darkness at Noon - a true critique of the pogroms of Stalin), it is in fact a warning against excess that can oc... »
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The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library)
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Funny & confusing, but due to its length, a great introduction to Pynchon. Even though you find it hard to know what's going on, you don't have to wade through hundreds of pages for the finish.
The comparison with Ulysses is not, in my opinion, very apt. While Pynchon had obviously read it, he didn't try to write Ulysses Lite.
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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
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Well, well.
As I consider myself erudite, at some point in my life I knew I'd have to read this book. It's been on the shelf with Finnegan's Wake, Moby Dick and The Magic Mountain. Having finished the other 3 I had no remaining excuse.
I still have no idea what it's 'about.' It frequently made me want to gouge my eyes out with... »
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Against the Day
Thomas Pynchon's epic novel, "Against the Day," is an odyssey in four dimensions, and more. The reader is introduced to this imaginary space during the fi... »
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Gravity's Rainbow
Tyrone Slothrop, a GI in London in 1944, has a big problem. Whenever he gets an erection, a Blitz bomb hits. Slothrop gets excited, and then (as Thomas ... »
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V. (Perennial Classics)
Having just been released from the Navy, Benny Profane is content to lead a slothful existence with his friends, where the only real ambition is to perfec... »
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Mason & Dixon: A Novel
A sprawling, complex, and comic work from one of the country's most celebrated and idiosyncratic authors, Mason & Dixon is Thomas Pynchon's Most Ma... »
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