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I hear you on the Pynchon, but it does get easier after a few tries. Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/07/2012 07:43:18 PM
I've only read 1984 and Dune from that list. I've been close to purchasing Cryptonomicon, Jonathan Strange and Gravity's Rainbow, but haven't ever gotten there. After my attempt at Vineyard, I'm not sure I want to read Pynchon.

I got through Vineland on the first try, and it was pretty good, then I went back to Mason & Dixon and, surprisingly, found myself able to read it and keep reading it. On my plane ride to the US last month I actually read two or three hundred pages of it (and then ignored it for three weeks, but okay, finished it now).

I can recommend that one, it's a lot of fun. Also a lot of random weird stuff, but then that's Pynchon for you.
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10 Science fiction(ish) books you pretend to have read. jh - 12/07/2012 10:18:09 AM 2552 Views
I've only heard of three of these. j-whitt987 - 12/07/2012 01:16:55 PM 1360 Views
Maybe you do nossy - 12/07/2012 01:57:04 PM 1068 Views
The Crying of Lot 49 is a decent book. Stephen - 12/07/2012 02:01:00 PM 1025 Views
I hear you on the Pynchon, but it does get easier after a few tries. Legolas - 12/07/2012 07:43:18 PM 1218 Views
I liked Vineland HousealThor - 13/07/2012 05:46:40 AM 955 Views
Decent and probably true list. Stephen - 12/07/2012 01:59:49 PM 1016 Views
I have actually read three: Dune, Jonathan Strange and 1984 Tigr - 12/07/2012 02:27:51 PM 1179 Views
I keep meaning to read Infinite Jest... beetnemesis - 12/07/2012 02:59:51 PM 1002 Views
I read 1984 twice, and tried to get into Dune on 3 occasions before vomiting. Tom - 12/07/2012 03:10:01 PM 1070 Views
Ah... jh - 12/07/2012 06:10:13 PM 1023 Views
I like World War II (except all the death and misery). Tom - 12/07/2012 06:42:32 PM 975 Views
Ummm...I've only even heard of 4 of those books lol Dark Knight - 12/07/2012 03:34:40 PM 1065 Views
The first six are more or less famous... and then three of the last four I've never even heard of? Legolas - 12/07/2012 07:47:45 PM 1060 Views
Heard of all of them... Larry - 13/07/2012 06:32:16 AM 1106 Views
Read 3, That Cornell guy is saying some pretty silly things. Orange - 13/07/2012 09:53:47 AM 1424 Views
I didn't realize Jonathan Strange was a Sci-fi book... Seemed more fantasy-ish to me A Deathwatch Guard - 15/07/2012 08:14:41 AM 1057 Views
See: (ish) *NM* jh - 15/07/2012 12:53:55 PM 479 Views
I've read 5 of the 1st 6 and intend to read Gravity's Rainbow at some point snoopcester - 15/07/2012 03:34:07 PM 1176 Views
I have only heard of a couple of those... MightyYT - 16/07/2012 03:40:12 AM 1127 Views
Looks like another one of those list of scfi books for people who don't really like scfi random thoughts - 17/07/2012 03:24:20 PM 1197 Views
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