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5. I love Gravity's Rainbow. Read it twice.

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:20 AM

Mar 2013

Like Joyce's Ulysses, having a companion guide really helps with obscure references and keeping track of characters. Especially with Pynchon's habit of mentioning a character briefly only the have them be very important a few hundred pages later.

Here's a link with some online guides: http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/pynchon_gr.html

This Pynchon Wiki was helpful: http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

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Who's Up For A New Thomas Pynchon Novel? [View all] Paladin Jan 2013 OP

I read his 1st one, "V", back in the day pscot Jan 2013 #1

He's Definitely Out There, Isn't He? (nt) Paladin Jan 2013 #2

Gave up on "Gravity's Rainbow" Zorro Jan 2013 #3

I read Gravity's Rainbow when I was 14. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #4

I love Gravity's Rainbow. Read it twice. Matariki Mar 2013 #5

Many Thanks For The Guide Links. That's Very Helpful (nt) Paladin Mar 2013 #6

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