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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 ...
Galvanic public bath pervert
  10/10/25
has a single famous person released a single great work past...
Burgundy excitant point
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Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
Galvanic public bath pervert
  10/10/25
Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
Jet love of her life
  10/10/25
Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
Flirting station
  10/10/25
Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
exhilarant free-loading nowag
  10/10/25
I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
gay giraffe rehab
  10/10/25
Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
gay giraffe rehab
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(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)
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Galvanic public bath pervert
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Oh, you read?
Lavender new version
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they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
silver jew
  10/10/25
That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
Blathering indian lodge
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Galvanic public bath pervert

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=2E#49339600)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:57 PM
Author: Burgundy excitant point

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: Galvanic public bath pervert

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: Jet love of her life

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=2E#49340592)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: Flirting station

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=2E#49340736)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: exhilarant free-loading nowag

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=2E#49339637)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: gay giraffe rehab

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: gay giraffe rehab

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: French navy coldplay fan stag film

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: glassy corner



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Blathering indian lodge



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: Angry nudist roast beef



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: exhilarant free-loading nowag



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Blathering indian lodge



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: Galvanic public bath pervert



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: Lavender new version

Oh, you read?

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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: silver jew

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=2E#49340460)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: Blathering indian lodge

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=2E#49340682)