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Slow Learner: Early Stories - Community Reviews back

by Thomas Pynchon
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sologdin
sologdin rated it 11 years ago
Borderline juvenilia. Introduction by author dismisses the collection ab initio as “illustrative of typical problems in entry-level fiction” (4). Explains that “when we speak of ‘seriousness’ in fiction ultimately we are talking about an attitude toward death” (5) which I regard as probably philis...
Blogged Out Ma Nut
Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it 12 years ago
Strong, good fun 3* I agree the foreword should be afterword, otherwise nice to track the rise of Pynchon :D
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it 15 years ago
This arrived today packaged in a black plastic garbage bag wrapped in rubber bands and then wrapped in clear plastic packing tape. I see no signs of a postmark. Could the seller have dropped it in a W.A.S.T.E. bin?This cover art really reminds me of the closing credits to The Prisoner.
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