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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 ...
Internet-worthy rough-skinned hall
  10/10/25
has a single famous person released a single great work past...
territorial stead
  10/10/25
Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
Internet-worthy rough-skinned hall
  10/10/25
Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
nudist brilliant bawdyhouse roommate
  10/10/25
Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
Hateful chad private investor
  10/10/25
Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
Impertinent bright parlour gay wizard
  10/10/25
I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
Titillating dull ladyboy newt
  10/10/25
Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
Titillating dull ladyboy newt
  10/10/25
(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)
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Internet-worthy rough-skinned hall
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Oh, you read?
Jade Hairraiser Community Account Hominid
  10/10/25
they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
ultramarine adventurous den
  10/10/25
That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
snowy business firm quadroon
  10/10/25


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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Internet-worthy rough-skinned hall

He just released a new book at 92 years old

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49339600)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:57 PM
Author: territorial stead

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49339603)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: Internet-worthy rough-skinned hall

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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49339617)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: nudist brilliant bawdyhouse roommate

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\u0026show=week#49340592)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Hateful chad private investor

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\u0026show=week#49340736)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: Impertinent bright parlour gay wizard

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\u0026show=week#49339637)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: Titillating dull ladyboy newt

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49339649)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Titillating dull ladyboy newt

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: Avocado Market Affirmative Action

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49339653)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Rusted menage



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: snowy business firm quadroon



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: razzle candlestick maker



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Impertinent bright parlour gay wizard



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: mind-boggling degenerate



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: snowy business firm quadroon



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: Internet-worthy rough-skinned hall



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Jade Hairraiser Community Account Hominid

Oh, you read?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49339930)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: ultramarine adventurous den

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2\u0026show=week#49340460)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: snowy business firm quadroon

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\u0026show=week#49340682)