(original review, 2006) Art is a social medium, a material medium, an intellectual medium, an economic medium: it consists of a great deal more than surfaces. Art that consisted only of surfaces - if such a thing were possible - would be of no larger significance than a crossword puzzle. This is tru...
I think I found it difficult in the sense of its denseness in fact. Well, I find it hard to answer the “difficulty” question with much certainty; I'm equivocating. I don't love it all equally no, that's not the case. There are parts that I prefer immeasurably to others however, simply because I pref...
This was my third novel from Pynchon and it didn't go as well as i expected. In fact i didn't understand anything. LOL. (However i love reading his novels)
I am so disappointed and so jealous. I'm jealous of those who read this book and loved it so much they gave it 5 stars. I can see why it's a classic and I can see why so many would love this book but I did not.Parts of it (especially Book 2 - Chapter 9) read like an economic and political textbook a...
Wow dieser Schmöker war für mich richtig zäh. Doc ein Privatschnüfflerverschnitt ala Philipp Marlowe & Mike Hammer mit ein bisschen Hippie Attitüde stolpert mit einer in Eisberge gemeißelten Coolness durch ein total konfuses Universum aus Drogensüchtigen, Freaks, Rassisten und geldgeilen Verbrechern...
Wow dieser Schmöker war für mich richtig zäh. Doc ein Privatschnüfflerverschnitt ala Philipp Marlowe & Mike Hammer mit ein bisschen Hippie Attitüde stolpert mit einer in Eisberge gemeißelten Coolness durch ein total konfuses Universum aus Drogensüchtigen, Freaks, Rassisten und geldgeilen Verbrechern...
So, I watched the movie first on this one guys. I'm often torn between my own inclinations and not being "that guy" so when Paul Thomas Anderson made a movie that looked really good based on a book that wasn't really on my radar I had three options: Read the book immediately. Wait on the movie un...
Best fiction book I've ever read (technically listened to). This is not a typical fiction book. There is a real method to the madness within the story. It's not meant only to divert ones attention from the mundane or entertain, but to explore the human experience from one author's perspective. The ...
I can't pretend that I've even begun to understand it yet, Bleeding Edge being the usual Pynchon mixture of unresolved plot, unconnected images and a sense of some deep significance that's always just eluding you, but a fun, deeply paranoid read about the Internet, New York and Cold War hangovers.
Short review: Okay. I read this because my partner adores Pynchon, and for that reason I'm really glad I did - it hammered home in so many ways how our reading tastes diverge. He favors complex prose and a sense of unease while I prefer well crafted characters and an emotional center. (Which is no...
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