I enjoyed reading Gravity's Rainbow, but I could not finish it (two times). No spoilers! I was reading it with the Pynchon wiki side by side because there are so many references. It goes super slow. I have to reflect on every paragraph. My vocabulary is not advanced enough. It is kind of like a tea ceremony for me and the pace of modern life seems to be incompatible with this. There is also a great podcast called Pynchon in Public.
I enjoyed reading Gravity's Rainbow, but I could not finish it (two times). No spoilers! I was reading it with the Pynchon wiki side by side because there are so many references. It goes super slow. I have to reflect on every paragraph. My vocabulary is not advanced enough. It is kind of like a tea ceremony for me and the pace of modern life seems to be incompatible with this. There is also a great podcast called Pynchon in Public.