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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 ...
coiffed maniacal stead codepig
  10/10/25
has a single famous person released a single great work past...
Swashbuckling lavender school
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Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
coiffed maniacal stead codepig
  10/10/25
Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
startling abode jewess
  10/10/25
Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
big brass site patrolman
  10/10/25
Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
Appetizing house black woman
  10/10/25
I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
Hyperventilating sickened plaza karate
  10/10/25
Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
Hyperventilating sickened plaza karate
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(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)
Turquoise Racy Menage Mental Disorder
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Trip Garrison Queen Of The Night
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180 puce institution nibblets
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Appetizing house black woman
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light rebellious voyeur blood rage
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180 puce institution nibblets
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coiffed maniacal stead codepig
  10/10/25
Oh, you read?
thriller flirting international law enforcement agency
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they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
Exciting crackhouse death wish
  10/10/25
That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
180 puce institution nibblets
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: coiffed maniacal stead codepig

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:#49339600)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:57 PM
Author: Swashbuckling lavender school

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:#49339603)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: coiffed maniacal stead codepig

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: startling abode jewess

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:#49340592)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: big brass site patrolman

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:#49340736)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: Appetizing house black woman

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:#49339637)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: Hyperventilating sickened plaza karate

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

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Hyperventilating sickened plaza karate

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: Turquoise Racy Menage Mental Disorder

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

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Trip Garrison Queen Of The Night



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: 180 puce institution nibblets



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Aqua crusty alpha quadroon



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Appetizing house black woman



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: light rebellious voyeur blood rage



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: 180 puce institution nibblets



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: coiffed maniacal stead codepig



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: thriller flirting international law enforcement agency

Oh, you read?

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Exciting crackhouse death wish

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:#49340460)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: 180 puce institution nibblets

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:#49340682)