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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 ...
cracking business firm filthpig
  10/10/25
has a single famous person released a single great work past...
Duck-like Space
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Arvo Part is still making hauntingly beautiful music at 90 y...
cracking business firm filthpig
  10/10/25
Norway's post war government prosecuted literary lion Knut H...
canary splenetic whorehouse
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Robert Caro released the latest LBJ volume when he was 77. H...
twinkling floppy sanctuary ladyboy
  10/10/25
Depends on the book. His weirdest shit, gravity's rainbow, i...
Glassy zombie-like ticket booth
  10/10/25
I read infinite jest and literally can't remember anything a...
Painfully honest 180 field
  10/10/25
Actually, I have a vague memory of of one of the opening sce...
Painfully honest 180 field
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(guy who literally can't remember who the author was)
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Jet Mildly Autistic Chapel
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wine spectacular rehab
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Glassy zombie-like ticket booth
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Aphrodisiac umber liquid oxygen
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Thriller cruise ship private investor
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cracking business firm filthpig
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Oh, you read?
federal avocado state
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they're pretty readable his later stuff more so than the ea...
stirring becky hairy legs
  10/10/25
That's a good book. Slow Learner has some great stories, alt...
Thriller cruise ship private investor
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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: cracking business firm filthpig

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=2most#49339600)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 12:57 PM
Author: Duck-like Space

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: cracking business firm filthpig

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:44 PM
Author: canary splenetic whorehouse

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=2most#49340592)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:15 PM
Author: twinkling floppy sanctuary ladyboy

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=2most#49340736)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:07 PM
Author: Glassy zombie-like ticket booth

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=2most#49339637)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:11 PM
Author: Painfully honest 180 field

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Painfully honest 180 field

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: contagious plaza laser beams

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

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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Jet Mildly Autistic Chapel



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Thriller cruise ship private investor



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Date: October 10th, 2025 1:19 PM
Author: wine spectacular rehab



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:36 PM
Author: Glassy zombie-like ticket booth



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:16 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac umber liquid oxygen



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:45 PM
Author: Thriller cruise ship private investor



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Date: October 10th, 2025 6:59 PM
Author: cracking business firm filthpig



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Date: October 10th, 2025 2:38 PM
Author: federal avocado state

Oh, you read?

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



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Date: October 10th, 2025 5:42 PM
Author: stirring becky hairy legs

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=2most#49340460)



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Date: October 10th, 2025 7:02 PM
Author: Thriller cruise ship private investor

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=2most#49340682)