/lit/ - Literature

Gravity’s Rainbow, Pynchon
Burr, Vidal
Rendezvous with Rama, Clarke
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Le Guin
The Princess Bride, Goldman
Rubyfruit Jungle, Brown
Zen and the Art of Writing, Bradbury
Breakfast of Champions, Vonnegut
Crash, Ballard

The Brothers Lionheart, Lindgren
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Thompson
Deenie, Blume
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-To-Basics Guide, Seymour
The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry, Bloom
On Photography, Sontag

I didn't get it. What was the message?

I was especially confused about Slothrop going down the toilet. What did that signify

It just seemed like a bunch of random shit happening but I'm sure there's something deeper than that since /lit/ likes it so much.

when funny name man went down the toilet, i laughed for a bout an hour and a half it was sooooo random hehehe XD

Hello fellows, I am Russian and I've started reading Gravity's Rainbow. Could you help me understand this phrase from page 4: "last crystallizations of all the city had denied". The book is really hard for me... I am using Pynchon Wiki and different dictionaries, but I couldn't find the right way to interpret this phrase. That's why I am asking here.

About to marathon this, what am I in for?

The only Pynchon book I own rn is IV. There are multiple available editions of his other works, should I avoid any specific ones? e. g. is that cheap turquoise edition of CL49 fine?

What exactly is this book about? Every time I am trying to read it, I have to put it down because the prose is too terse. Can someone give a tldr?

>>14925746
Pic related could only be adapted as either a cartoon or a live-action movie made forty years ago.

For me it's the Pynchmeister.

*GR

>Be me
>Protagonist of sprawling post WWII story
>Snarky New-Englander
>Just want to womanize all the time, but powerful figures have plans for me
>Have to contend with evil German scientist, Black-European explosives expert, and dumbass American solider.
>Appear to die or at least disassociate near the end of my story.

>Be Scout from TF2, pic unrelated

Pa--ra--nooooiiiia, Pa-ra-noia!
Ain't it grand ta see, that good-time face, again!
Pa-ra-noi-ya, boy oh boy, yer
Just a bit of you-know-what
From way back when!
Even Goya, couldn't draw ya,
Not the way you looked, just kicking' in that door--
Call a lawyer, Paranoia,
Lemme will my ass to you, for-ever-more!

>>13450907
have always loved pictured, bit of a cartoony vibe from the light blue font, and the cartoony feel is also present while reading it.
>>13450985
I like that it kept a color at least similar to that of the first edition, which meant to have the color of the greek flag

The book you re-read the most.

>muh rockets

>>12682786
love this cover as much as I love GR's

I don't get it.

i'll start

What page is the shit eating scene in Gravity's Rainbow on?

Discuss

>a WW2 book that never mentions or acnowledges the holocaust even though the main bulk of the book takes place in postwar Germany
Is this why 4chan loves this book?

Favorite sections?

>when Slothrop is being force-fed all the fucking brit candies
had me laughing out loud

For me it’s english candy, mini-train/hot air baloon and that lemming pun.