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What was a book so good that you have ReRead it? (self.asklemmy)

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[–] PP_BOY_ 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's my favorite of all time. Even better than anything by Pynchon, who I always hear be called the "real" DFW.

[–] sanguinepar 1 points 8 months ago

I've never actually read any Pynchon, I should give him a try.

IJ is my favourite book too, displacing Catch-22 which was at the top for years.

Did you ever see the Infinite Summer thing, with fans and newcomers doing a coordinated read-through and discussing sections of the book as they went? So much interesting comment and speculation and theorising - it's an absolute labyrinth though, you could spend days reading it all!