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Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon - if you've read it, what edition?

Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:17 am
Posted by Damone
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Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:17 am
I know that subsequent to the first edition, they reworked some of the paginations that screw up reading it in accompaniment with some of the explainer articles. But first editions are insanely expensive (four figures) and even Viking (the original publisher) hardcover reprints are over $100. Not sure if a later Penguin editions change much, if anything.


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Posted by Fun Bunch
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Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:31 am to Damone
I tried a couple of times and just did not get it at all. It was hard for me to get into.
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Posted by Damone
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Posted on 9/16/22 at 10:42 am to Fun Bunch
Yeah, I'd like to give it a go, and apparently it's very enjoyable to read along with a companion piece. Just don't want to shell out for a first edition if I don't have to, unless I happen upon one in a used book store.

Btw, if you're interested in Pynchon's style but in a more digestible form, you may want to check out Nightwood by Djuna Barnes. It was written in 1936 but has seen somewhat of a resurgence in popularity recently. Off the charts writing and descriptions.
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Posted by Freauxzen
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Posted on 9/16/22 at 2:35 pm to Damone
2000 Penguin Edition + the Companion

Never felt TOO lost.
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Posted by crazy4lsu
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Posted on 9/20/22 at 7:32 pm to Damone
Penguin classic. God that book is so amazing.
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