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With novels that some critics have called "unreadable", paranoiacs and conspiracy theorists lauding his techniques, a reclusive nature and a lack of public interface, Thomas Pynchon has a mythic but daunting cult status. Some people read ''Gravity's Rainbow'' as a test of their reading ability and endurance; others actually enjoy it. Here is how to get started. | With novels that some critics have called "unreadable", paranoiacs and conspiracy theorists lauding his techniques, a reclusive nature and a lack of public interface, Thomas Pynchon has a mythic but daunting cult status. Some people read ''Gravity's Rainbow'' as a test of their reading ability and endurance; others actually enjoy it. Here is how to get started. | ||
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#Choose which novel you'd like to read. Thomas Pynchon has written ''V.'', ''The Crying of Lot 49'', ''Gravity's Rainbow'', ''Vineland'', ''Mason & Dixon'', and ''Against the Day'', with a collection of short stories called ''Slow Learner'' and a book coming out August 2009 called ''Inherent Vice''. | #Choose which novel you'd like to read. Thomas Pynchon has written ''V.'', ''The Crying of Lot 49'', ''Gravity's Rainbow'', ''Vineland'', ''Mason & Dixon'', and ''Against the Day'', with a collection of short stories called ''Slow Learner'' and a book coming out August 2009 called ''Inherent Vice''. | ||
