I just re-read Gravity's Rainbow, and I'm ready for confusion!

[CanuckAmok]

[terrya]

1. You READ it? You're a better person than I!

I've tried, CanuckAmok. Oh, I've tried reading it. It was like sloughing through quicksand, IMO.

[markses]

2. I read it three times

Greatest fucking novel I've ever read. Tremendous. Bizarre. Engrossing. Thoroughly fucking engrossing. A masterpiece. Since you're into the long novel, ever read William Gaddis' JR. Should be next on your list.

There once was a fellow named Slattery
Who was fond of a course-gyro battery
With that 50-volt shock,
What was left of his cock
Was all slimey and sloppy and splattery...
:evilgrin:

[CanuckAmok]

3. Gaddis...

My Father in Law was a book dealer, and he thought Gaddis would be the next 'hot property'. We inherited his inventory when he died. I have at least five copies of each Gaddis first edition there is. I haven't even opened one up, yet.

I didn't claim to *enjoy* Gravity's Rainbow...but I did finish it.

Satanic Verses, too--what the hell was that about?!