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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 ...
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I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: multi-colored abusive regret abode

He just released a new book at 92 years old

Cn a normal person read these or are they like NSAMs "by you" page?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:57 PM
Author: metal casino

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: multi-colored abusive regret abode

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: hideous charismatic heaven

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.

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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Beta ceo point

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.

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: marvelous sanctuary

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.

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: Anal Stimulating Messiness Stag Film

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Anal Stimulating Messiness Stag Film

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: vigorous house mexican

Oh, you read?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: Dark titillating den factory reset button

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: Ruby wagecucks juggernaut

That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, although Pynchon disowned them.

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