Dog 3000 wrote:
I thought it was pretty good, if not an earth-shattering work of LITERATURE. I do seriously wonder if he's seen "Lebowski" and may have been a bit inspired by it (the "doper detective" vibe if not anything relating to plot or characters.)
Anyway he can't always be taking 15 years to write a 1200 page novel . . . I liked this one better than "Against The Day".
VINELAND was tripped out and strange but on the whole I've enjoyed it ... the language was awesome, the characters bizarre, and tho I read it over a year ago I'm still thinking about. Just started re-reading V. Would like to read "Inherent Vice" but Pynchon is such that getting it from the library doesn't really work. (Takes too long to read.) Skimmed a few pages of one in a bookstore that involved a hot air balloon and was truly odd. Went back to buy it some time later (used store, thinking who coulda wanted that besides me) but it was gone.
