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Am I a brainlet, or is my not being able to follow the weaving of the stupid number of subplots and characters this goober introduces justified?

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>> No.15428527

>>15428411
his work rewards rereading; just embrace the atmosphere the first time around.

>> No.15428554

>>15428411
Rule #1 of pomo is that you're not supposed to understand everything.
Once you accept that you'll have a much better time. The major plot points are easy enough to follow; what fun is a massive conspiracy novel if the reader can easily figure out the big conspiracy on the first try?

>> No.15428586

>>15428411
If someone tells you they follow it all on the first read, they are either a lying faggot, using outside sources for help, or is some mega genius with a dearth of information on random historical facts, rocket science, and screwball comedies.
The latter 2 are tolerated; the former is not. That being said, most people are in your boat and are confused and don’t know what the fuck is going on. Take comfort in the fact that you aren’t alone.

>> No.15428588

>>15428411
It gets better with time spent getting used to his style. Which of his books are you reading?

>> No.15430243

>>15428411
That's the point duh

>> No.15430374

>>15428411
protip: skip the songs,
yeah, im that guy

>> No.15430398

>>15430374
This literally makes no sence, they are short, fairly easy, amd fun to read, why in gods name would you slog through the esoteric, mathematics, rocket science, century old foreign politics, and new age bologna but skip the songs???

>> No.15430406

>>15430398
Because songs in literature are stupid

>> No.15430415

>>15430406
Bbb.. bbb..bb you bastard. I dont know the last time Ive been triggered this hard. Good show

>> No.15430510

>>15430374
It ends on a song

>> No.15431849

>>15430374
What's the problem, Anon? It's just a

Rag-a-muffin' life
To pull-you-through-that strife
Ain't nothin' to joke,
But if you'll only just smoak
Then maybe it'll be all-right?

[Chorus]
But that (oh)
Full-some pre-tentio-si-ty
That fills your -- thoughts, with me-diocri-ty
It's just (hey!)
Holdin' you back
If it would give you some slack
You might 'preciate ver-bosity

[Neckbeards and shitposters amble in, tripping over each others' feet; an unrealistically proportioned nude male of color begins gyrating his hips in an animated fashion, drawing one's eye--and yes, the Anons' as well!--toward the pendulous 'pendage which describes major arcs at pelvic-level. A passing /pol/lak, copy of The Culture Of Critique in hand, pauses to gaze 'pon the sight, salivating involuntarily]

[James Joyce:] There's!
[Joseph McElroy:] Nothing quite wrong
[Vladimir Nabokov:] With!
[Herman Melville:] Puttin' a song
[John Williams:] 'Midst suf-fer-ing and gran-deur
[William Gaddis:] And if you'll just
[Virginia Woolf:] Follow a-long
[Gene Wolf:] You might find yourself drawn
[All:] Into a world that doesn't pander

[All] [Chorus x 2]

>> No.15431868

>those lads tryna keep up with all tommy's characters plots and characters
just plow through it, keep on going never look back, the core things accumulate and stick

>> No.15431896

>>15428411
when did he dieded

>> No.15432877

>>15428586
um you used dearth wrong sweetie

>> No.15434016

>>15431849
I wonder if Pynchon ever read Wolfe. I don't feel like he would but at the same time I think he'd find him a surprisingly kindred spirit.

>> No.15434131

>>15431849
Based