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It's also really funny. The scenes with Slothrop trying British candy or the lady driving the tank into the casino legitimately had me laughing out loud. And Roger's unrequited love is extremely sad.

>>17765785
I remember having that exact same feeling. I feel like it really gets off the ground in part 3. And then part 4 is just incredible.

>starts coming together
don't worry OP it won't last lol, had the same exact rush and then part 4 hit
I still come back to the lightbulb bit but that's it for me

>>17765938
This, but the disintegration is amazing and its rewarding the whole way through. Part 4 was my fav part.

>>17765889
The monologue at the end of Section 1 is one of the most profound and sad in the book. Where Roger wonders what the difference between war and peace is, one is just bursts of violence and dehumanization, the other is the same thing, except invisible, extended for decades. You're grinded down and spat out either way. The war always wins.

One anon said this book is difficult to translate. Why? Can you post an excerpt that you consider hard to translate?

did DFW try to copy this book with IJ, just like he copied TCOL49 in Broom of the System? I remember him talking about some "fractured narratives" in some interview.

I hate that guy so goddam much...what a pseud

>>17766074
I mean there are multiple interviews where he talks about how he liked and found Pynchon inspirational. So yes, he was trying to do what Pynchon did

>>17766074
I find the structure of most post-GR post-modern literature to be blatantly ripping off GR.

>>17766129
>>17766139
what are some other GR like books? I've read all of Pynchon's work except ATD.

Never came together Slothtrop kind of vanished at the end into a weird concept or something like that

The peak was the festival at the village with Slothtrop dressed as a pig.

>>17767021
The zoot suit in that image got me laffin

why do people call this book sad? it was very life-affirming.