Posted by Guillermo Maynez
on 16/6/2009, 9:43:43, in reply to "Re: The Crying of Lot 49 and what else I'm reading"
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I'm sorry that Sterling has not enjoyed "The Glass Bead Game". I am enjoying it very much. It's a spiritual blidungsroman evocative of a high appraisal of culture and knowledge. The secluded atmosphere of monsateries and clusters is attractive to me.
On the other hand, I've never read anything by Thomas Pynchon, which book do you guys would recommend as a first approach?
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: I'm glad you've enjoyed TCoL49 , joffre. You might
: find that you enjoy other works of Pynchon rather than
: GR . Against the Day , for instance, is damnably
: long, but very funny and entertaining.
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: Good luck with your The Scarlet Letter monograph.
: I look forward to reading it and engaging in a
: spirited discussion.
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: I have been attempting to read The Glass Bead Game .
: I read the three short stories, skimmed the poems, and
: waded through about 150 pages of the novel. I am not
: enjoying it. I find it dull, predictable, and trite.
: While I gather that some humor is intended by the dry
: and pompous style, I am not amused. Many years ago, I
: read Siddhartha and Steppenwolf . I was not
: impressed by them at the time. I don't think Hesse is
: for me. Life is too short to waste time reading works
: that do not engage one on any level.
:
: On the other hand, I absolutely loved The Sea . I
: look forward to our discussion. Talking with my
: friends here, I've found that not everyone shares my
: high opinion of the work.
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