Years ago, the retina of my left eye detached and I underwent major surgery. Since then, the annual eye exam has brought a certain amount of anxiety, and yes, paranoia over every flash and floater. A week ago, the eye doctor identified a hole in the macular of my left eye. If a V-2 nano-rocket hit t...
(Not a lot of this review is about the content of GR, because who am I to even say what that is?)Okay, this book is bloody brilliant.I didn't think so at first, having not understood a lot of it through not paying attention and zoning out because there's a new story happening almost every paragraph ...
I tried; I really did. I made it past the infamous toilet scene, and nearly 200 pages into the book before I gave up. Some of what I read was incredible; some was impenetrable. But I read for pleasure, and this book gave me too little of that.
It has been more than a month since I bunged Slothrop’s world of paranoia. Yet, the very mention of Gravity’s Rainbow sends an agonizing quiver through my spine. With a half-burnt Marlboro dangling in between my lips to preserve my sanity, I am geared up to shred Slothrop and the psychoanalytical pu...
I have no choice but to award Gravity's Rainbow five stars. Now, that could be because I've been up since 5 am, or I could attribute it to the fact that I'm a couple martinis in and it's only 9 pm, but I prefer to think it's because Thomas Pynchon is a bloody genius. And not in the generic "oh, he's...
There's a possible group reading of this coming up, over at a great Infinite Summer/2666 blog, Infinite Zombies. It's a great group of folks, and I hope to participate if it comes together!
I went out in the rain at 8 a.m., which is far too early for me to be awake on a vacation day, and purchased a waffle iron just so I could make Pirate's banana breakfast. I'm embellishing a bit with a side of turkey bacon, Millstone Chocolate Velvet coffee, and adding some whipped cream to the banan...
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