Why is he highly regarded? He sat in a room with his encyclopedia(s) for way too many years, filling page upon page with references from said encycopedia(s), all the while never developing a single character or raising a single novel question.
His charade is up in the internet age.
Also should I start with CoL49 or dive right into GR?
Talk about bein' a brainlet.
Start with Vineland
Start with M&D
CoL49 for proper route, GR for enjoyment.
>I don't agree with you.
>you are brainlet
He wrote some really good prose though. Also, you should probably start with Crying of Lot 49 or V. before Gravity's Rainbow. Don't want to get stuck reading a 750 page book if you don't like the author.
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V. is pretty long and just about as difficult as GR but you haven't read either so you're excused
>this author I never read is bad because people on Veeky Forums say his books are filled with references
I read slow learner, inherent vice, And half of V.
Utter goddamn nonsense with some hip pop culture references and syntactical abortions everywhere.
I love it.