Glad to hear it's worth giving a go. I'm currently reading V., which i'm also finding much better than Inherent Vice, and much more readable than Gravity's Rainbow. Is the film worth trying? I can only imagine it being either an enjoyable mess or just a plain mess.

I'll level with you, it's because I only know one Warren Zevon song.

Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London"

Yeah I thought that was one of the weaker stories but overall I loved it. My current book is his The Bone Clocks which is also similar with the seperate characters/novellas structure and futuristic elements.
And Stoner, my God, what a perfect little novel.

Ah that's a shame, most places seemed to be big fans. I thought it was great personally, i'm a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic novel and this seemed original enough to seem completely fresh (and it was obviously well written)

I read a good portion of it a year or two ago for my master's dissertation, but obviously in a fragmented and critical way. Sounds like it might be worth my time to read properly as originally intended

Got round to a couple that had been on my list for a while. A Farewell to Arms, which, whilst not my favourite book, it's such a joy to read a master craftsman at his absolute best. I'm an absolute sucker for epic bloated novels but when you read something like this you're reminded of why writers are always advised…

As a Brit I read it as The Stars My Destination, but it was from a library so may have been an American print?

Also finally read it this year. Man I loved it. An absolute slog, no doubt, and I don't mind admitting i had to consult Google before i understand the ending but it was just so fantastically written and full of such amazing vignettes and characters (God bless Michael Pemulis) that I enjoyed it a lot more than…

"People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people Jeremy." Super Hans

Yeah fair enough. I think you might be right, I certainly got the impression that everything I picked up on whilst reading was dwarfed by the things that simply went over my head. The Pynchon wiki is great, and I found that very useful afterwards, but even then I still missed a lot.

I think I came in from the opposite direction to you (i.e. read Cloud Atlas first which encouraged me to read his other books) but yeah I didn't come in with much expectations but was blown away. One of the rare books that lived up to the popular hype. Ditto on The Bone Clocks as well!

I loved it, the fourth part especially (I think? May be wrong) with the detailed accounts of the murders took me all the way from "this is brilliant" to "this is pointless" and back again. I realised it wasn't published post-humously, but thought it was essentially finished. I guess it'd make sense though.

Gravity's Rainbow was the one that popped into my head when I read the question. Had been intrigued by Pynchon's & the book's reputation long enough to finally give it a go, but safe to say I didn't know what I was going to get myself in for. I think the same problems you had prevent me from calling it a favorite of…

Nice, some love for Mick Jenkins, for me Jazz was the stand-out track on a very solid mixtape

Ah loved both these episodes. As many people have said, "Deus Ex Machina" and the last 5 mins especially were amazing. In retrospect i like the Jack/Locke dichotomy firmly established in "Do No Harm" as well, the fact that they were willing to give the relationship real bite and give Jack legitimate grievances against…

I think the main advantage the show has with this antagonistic characters is when it can secure great actors. I really like the work Owen Teale is doing, especially in this ep, so it makes the character easier to like. Charles Dance strikes me as the prime example of this.

Snakadaktal - Ghost
Augustus Pablo - Chapter 2
Nas and Damian Marley - Africa Must Wake Up
Foals - Afterglow
Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious

Same. I really really feel like I should like it because i enjoy most other TV shows that are critically acclaimed, and even more than that, I'm a history student currently studying the 1960s in America for my Masters so theoretically this should be the perfect show for me but the episode and a half i watched just…

I know i'm a bit late but just had to come and express my amazement with this great series. Came in not expecting too much, have rarely been happier to be proved wrong. I wasn't surprised to learn that Nic Pizzolatto was also an author, the vast majority of the dialogue reads like great literature.
Speaking of which,…