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Are Pynchon books actually readable or just gibberish?

He just released a new book at 92 years old Cn a normal ...
Obsidian Juggernaut
  10/10/25
has a single famous person released a single great work past...
free-loading cerebral therapy black woman
  10/10/25
Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
Obsidian Juggernaut
  10/10/25
Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
Useless marketing idea
  10/10/25
Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
Provocative set
  10/10/25
Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
Transparent electric dysfunction corn cake
  10/10/25
I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
Razzle-dazzle cream partner
  10/10/25
Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
Razzle-dazzle cream partner
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(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)
rebellious abode pistol
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Olive laughsome institution goal in life
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Transparent electric dysfunction corn cake
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vibrant cuck
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beta garrison generalized bond
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Obsidian Juggernaut
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Oh, you read?
exhilarant bearded philosopher-king
  10/10/25
they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
bright stock car heaven
  10/10/25
That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
beta garrison generalized bond
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Obsidian Juggernaut

He just released a new book at 92 years old

Cn a normal person read these or are they like NSAMs "by you" page?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:57 PM
Author: free-loading cerebral therapy black woman

has a single famous person released a single great work past 80? or maybe even 70?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: Obsidian Juggernaut

Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 years old



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Useless marketing idea

Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut Hamsun for collaboration with the Nazis during the occupation. He was in his 90s at the time. while he was under house arrest and subjected to weeks of compulsory psychiatric examination at an oslo mental hospital, he wrote an account of the case and defense of his activities in the war. The account was published under the title, "on overgrown paths." It's an exceptional work by a nonagenarian.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49340592)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Provocative set

Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. He'll be 90+ (or dead) when the next volume comes out, and I still expect it to be great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49340736)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: Transparent electric dysfunction corn cake

Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, is readable but in a strange way. Often it's individual episodes that are linked thematically with a shitton of individual character plot lines that often don't intersect.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49339637)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle cream partner

I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything about it.

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle cream partner

Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening scenes. Maybe involving a private detective

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: rebellious abode pistol

(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Razzle Ticket Booth Doctorate



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: beta garrison generalized bond



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Olive laughsome institution goal in life



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Transparent electric dysfunction corn cake



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: vibrant cuck



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: beta garrison generalized bond



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: Obsidian Juggernaut



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: exhilarant bearded philosopher-king

Oh, you read?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: bright stock car heaven

they're pretty readable

his later stuff more so than the earlier ones he got acclaim for

that said crying of lot 49 is pretty accessible and fun

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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: beta garrison generalized bond

That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, although Pynchon disowned them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026hid=#49340682)