To prove I have other books in mind apart from Pynchon, here's a bit of other things I've recently ordered. * "The Recognitions" and "JR" by William Gaddis: as I'm starting to dive headfirst into postmodernism/PoMo, I figure it'll help to clear two of the more notoriously intimidating texts (more so for "The Recognitions"). * "White Noise" by Don DeLillo: frankly, I didn't want to start with "Underworld" (an 800 page book) only to find out I'm not big on DeLillo (who I hear from @they_would_be_born is the Beckett to Pynchon's Joyce), so a shorter novel will do for an introduction. * "Flann O'Brien: The Complete Novels" and "Three Novels" by Samuel Beckett: my two big areas of interest are modernism and postmodernism, but these two texts are one's which apparently mark a transition from modernism to postmodernism. #samuelbeckett #molloy #malonedies #theunnamable #flannobrien #atswimtwobirds #thethirdpoliceman #thepoormouth #thedalkeyarchive #williamgaddis #therecognitions #jr #dondelillo #whitenoise