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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 ...
Abusive Bull Headed Space
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has a single famous person released a single great work past...
gaped greedy pit
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Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
Abusive Bull Headed Space
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Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
diverse mother bawdyhouse
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Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
big underhanded cruise ship private investor
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Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
Bronze supple haunted graveyard
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I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
Passionate Hell
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Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
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Oh, you read?
maize useless brakes fortuitous meteor
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they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
Fragrant station
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That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Abusive Bull Headed Space

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: gaped greedy pit

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: Abusive Bull Headed Space

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: diverse mother bawdyhouse

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 underhanded cruise ship private investor

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: Bronze supple haunted graveyard

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: Passionate Hell

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: Passionate Hell

Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening scenes. Maybe involving a private detective

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5785069&forum_id=2:#49339651)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:13 PM
Author: Ultramarine Abnormal Shrine Goal In Life

(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: bonkers zippy place of business blood rage



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Mauve Learning Disabled Main People Pisswyrm



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Wine low-t toilet seat marketing idea



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Bronze supple haunted graveyard



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: Erotic Dopamine Mad-dog Skullcap



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Mauve Learning Disabled Main People Pisswyrm



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: Abusive Bull Headed Space



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: maize useless brakes fortuitous meteor

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: Fragrant station

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: Mauve Learning Disabled Main People Pisswyrm

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)