Gravity's Rainbow
I re-read Time magazines top 100 greatest novels from 1923 on and want to take another shot at some of these. I've read over and over again on these threads that Gravity's Rainbow is particularly annoying. All the more reason to give it a shot, I say!
So.... if there's anyone out there that wants to part with it in the spirit of readership, or because they just want it as far away as possible, let me know. I'd be happy to take it off your shelf 
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
that list sucks ass. thats really all i have to say about it.
I remember there was a thread about Pynchon and the Palahniuk, I think JD James' professor said the Pynchon breathed life into the Palahniuk, and at that point I'd never even heard of the Pynchon.
I've got about 20 pages left in Crying of Lot 49, and I'm liking it more the further I get into it. I would read Gravity's Rainbow sometime soon, but I've got plenty of shorter books that need consuming just the same.
"They sold you hippies grunge, hip hop, now liberty activism."
It is, indeed, just a list of some classics that anyone would benefit from....as far as it being higher up, though, the list I saw was alphabetical not in order of greatness....
"I thought I had mono once for an entire year. Turns out I was just really bored."
Wayne Campbell
I'm not seeing a numerically ordered list, just 100 books by alphabetical order.
Of the one's I've read on the list, I'm lukewarm about calling the greatest 100.
"They sold you hippies grunge, hip hop, now liberty activism."
I bought Lot 49 and Rainbow just the other day at my local used book store. I just finished 49 last night. And all I can say is, "wow?" Im not really sure how I feel about it. I definitely could not put it down, which i think is a good thing. I do not read books twice or re-read, but I will most definitely make an exception for 49. I refuse to read Rainbow till I read 49 a second time. Any other thoughts on 49?
I finished it last night around 3am as well. Upon clsing it, I was unsure if I enjoyed the ending or hated it. It was a great book, very innovative for its time (I wouldn't have guessed it was written in the 60s if it weren't for all the war stuff), but it left me wanting more. With that, I'm down for reading Rainbow, just not right now.
One thing I didn't like about 49, most notibly in the first chapter was the way some of thesentences were phrased, it was like you had to get used to reading them, because they didn't seem to just roll like sentences usually do. Perhaps this causes one to pay more attention to what's being said, but for me it was a tad on the annoying side. Great read though, I recommend it.
"They sold you hippies grunge, hip hop, now liberty activism."
don't spoil the book for me but do they ever explain how Gravity can have/cause a Rainbow?
It refers to the arch that a rocket travels in through the air.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon
he said dont spoil the book for him phil!
Not that many people here hate Gravity's Rainbow. I love it, as do a few others who can come in here and defend it for themselves.
Sure, it's a hard read at first, but it's grand stuff. I'd have put it higher up than the Catcher in the Fucking Rye, but I didn't make that list, so I'll not take it particularly seriously.
thanks for sharing.blackhawk tactical pants.
— Spambot
"I could have done worse!" exultantly cried the murderer Lebret, sentenced at Rouen to hard labor for life. — Félix Fénéon