[H.Bloomfilter]: A friend's friend told him about a book of Harold Bloom on Don DeLillo, Philip Roth, Thomas Pynchon, and Cormac McCarthy and said friend wants it. His friend can't remember the title. Does it exist and what's its name? [more inside]
posted by ersatz on Oct 1, 2009 - 9 answers

Have any of these books changed your life? [more inside]
posted by SinisterPurpose on Apr 15, 2009 - 55 answers

Pynchon Filter: I really enjoyed The Crying of Lot 49, but I really didn't like V. Based on this very small sample size.. Will I enjoy Gravity's Rainbow? [more inside]
posted by TheOtherGuy on Nov 11, 2008 - 25 answers

My friend and I are going to Germany. We have both read "Gravity's Rainbow" and are interested in checking out a site or two related to the German rocket program during WWII, like Cuxhaven, Nordhausen, or Peenemünde. Does anyone know anything about spots like this?
posted by toomuchkatherine on Oct 11, 2007 - 5 answers

What are some good books on Postmodernist literature? [more inside]
posted by SansPoint on Jun 27, 2007 - 8 answers

What are some great books that aren't hideously long? [more inside]
posted by jbickers on May 4, 2007 - 79 answers

Thomas Pynchon has a new novel coming out in December. It's called Against the Day. Can you recommend some good background sources for the period it is set in? [more inside]
posted by PinkStainlessTail on Oct 15, 2006 - 8 answers