Book Review: The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon

[inverarity]

One-line summary: Alice goes down the rabbit hole in 1960s San Francisco.

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[ext_260820]

This was my second book by Thomas Pynchon & it turned me from a follower to an avid frothing-at-the-mouth bonafide zealot.
ps hamsters need to workout, those wheels lead nowhere.

[thirdgorchbro]

I read this book many many years ago. The only thing I can remember about it is being fascinated by the whole concept of an underground postal system.

I probably missed the point. Maybe I'll pick it up again.

Also, do you recommend Mason&Dixon? I enjoy historical fiction (usually), but somehow I've never read this one.

[inverarity]

I haven't read Mason & Dixon either. It's on my TBR list.

[arrctic]

so i just started reading The Crying of Lot 49 recently for the first time, and when i logged onto LJ today, it finally occurred to me what your icon was. lol i always just imagined it was a stylized trumpet or something that you chose to use to "announce" your book reviews. that, combined with your username, and now i just feel foolish. but I had to share anyway, and look up your review here, which I've only skimmed as I'm not done with the book yet. but I will come back here and read it in full when I am. i'm glad to see you've reviewed it!

[arrctic]

"Thomas Pynchon and Lewis Carroll were in many respects writing the same book: both are nearly perfect Campbellian stories."

fwiw, this was news to me and i found it very insightful. i can see the parallels between the two stories but was not familiar with Campbell, which opens a whole new world for me. thank you mentioning it here, even if it is seemingly widely covered elsewhere.