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Originally Posted by J-Town Fan 1988
@ yhf: I have read a sizable portion of it. I agree that it's not a bad novel; it's complexity is incredible. But sometimes it seems like Pynchon shows off just to prove that he can. But the subject matter and its humor make up for it... Though it gets incredibly grotesque at times.
@NewPhin: It's an upper division prerequisite literature class. The professor decided to apply a theme of Post-Modernism on a Post-Atomic Culture tangent.
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Ahh. Post-atomic makes sense. Most classes do V. because it is more manageable in a shorter amount of time.
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