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What should I read first, Infinite Jest or Gravity's Rainbow?

>> No.11741308

>>11741306
GR, my dude. Fuck IJ.

>> No.11741309

>>11741306
Infinite Jest

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>>11741306
Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.11741312

>>11741306
Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.11741319

>>11741306
Infinite Jest

>> No.11741320

/lit/ is starting Gravity's Rainbow tomorrow. Join us

>> No.11741322

Gravity's Rainbow

>> No.11741342

>>11741320
Oh, didn't know

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Fuck, I just borrowed Notes from the Underground but it's really tempting to read GR with the group.

>> No.11741429

>>11741320
Can I join if I didn't read anything of Pynchon's work or you think it will be too heavy?

>> No.11741552

>>11741377
lol saved. Notes can be read in like 6 hours, hurry and you can still make it!

>> No.11741565

>>11741306
Infinity Jester, by The Gravity Rainbows. Now available wherever quality LPs are sold!

>> No.11741647

>>11741377
you can read Notes in a day or two it's really short

>> No.11741670

>>11741306
Neither.
They're both trash. You're experiencing preference falsification.
You want to read about some guy in a wheelchair getting a sex act preformed on him or nigger dick and shit? That's what you'll find in these two miserable books.

>> No.11741685

>>11741306
Gravity's Jest

>> No.11741699

>>11741306
Ulysses

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>>11741647
>>11741552
didn't realize how short it was. I'm a retard so I'm excited to have anons to read GR with and hopefully help me along with their discussions

>> No.11741720

>>11741306
Ulysses.

>> No.11741729

>>11741429
You could give The Crying of Lot 49 a read. It could give you a sense of what Pynchon has to offer.

I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it, and then I went on to V instead of GR (was told that V is good for preparing you for GR). But part way through V I just became disinterested (just seems like fuck all is going on), and decided it was silly to read some other book as a prerequisite for the book I really want to read (especially when it isn't actually a true prerequisite). V shares characters with GR apparently, but aside from that it isn't necessary to read before GR.