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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 ...
tan nighttime hospital toilet seat
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has a single famous person released a single great work past...
naked alpha
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Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
tan nighttime hospital toilet seat
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Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
Copper Bearded Menage Psychic
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Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
galvanic hell multi-billionaire
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Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
Dashing stubborn casino
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I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
obsidian provocative fanboi
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Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
obsidian provocative fanboi
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(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)
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tan nighttime hospital toilet seat
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Oh, you read?
federal church building pozpig
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they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
multi-colored parlor pistol
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That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
Arousing Infuriating Goal In Life
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: tan nighttime hospital toilet seat

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: naked alpha

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:01 PM
Author: tan nighttime hospital toilet seat

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Copper Bearded Menage Psychic

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: galvanic hell multi-billionaire

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: Dashing stubborn casino

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: obsidian provocative fanboi

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: obsidian provocative fanboi

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: Unholy Massive School Stock Car

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: flirting learning disabled library



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Arousing Infuriating Goal In Life



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: smoky affirmative action



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Dashing stubborn casino



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: Dead stain orchestra pit



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Arousing Infuriating Goal In Life



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: tan nighttime hospital toilet seat



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: federal church building pozpig

Oh, you read?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: multi-colored parlor pistol

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: Arousing Infuriating Goal In Life

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)