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I loved Gravity's Rainbow. It is an amazing Novel. Do you have Advice for reading Mason & Dixon? 🌈 If you are forced into a Katabasis, I do sincerely hope that it is only a Sojourn. - sincerely,

The postmodern frog. 🐸

To the Postmodern Frog,

Lovely name, firstly, and I appreciate the Well-wishing. In reading Mason & Dixon, I found its Pynchon Wiki to be a most benevolent Companion,— in particular, its page Annotations and alphabetickal Index. I imagine you’re familiar, after G.R., but in the event you are not, I cannot stress enough its navigational value for the Ocean that is this book. Beware the Rabbit Holes you’ll find, they’re far too fun to fall in.

I will add that, while I was fond of the old Style from the start, there was a Moment, ‘round fifty pages, where I felt something shift, a simple turn of Understanding which tickl’d my Brain just so. I did not truly fall in love with the Book until well into the American years—three, four hundred pages?—but the Language morph’d, felt surprisingly natural, sooner than I’d thought it would.

Gravity’s Rainbow, ah…? I’ve yet to read Pynchon’s most well-known Masterpiece, although I’ve been looking forward to it;— in passing, I have collected the strangest Perception of what I’ll face, when eventually I do. If you’ve any suggestions for the Approach, I will likewise take them gladly.

Yr obt svt,

Lark

By Jove, the Courier who delivered your Letter was feverely tarried. No Matter, I have obtained your Correfpondence at this present Moment. What a jocund Occasion it is to hear from you; my Jubilation is at its Zenith.

I had ftudied that Pynchon Encyclopedia when I roamed through that other Ocean. I am not furprised that you grew accustomed to the Language. Father Time has that most remarkable Gift to banalize anything.

Gravity's Rainbow is chaotic... to say the least. I likewise recommend that you follow those fplendid Annotations. However, I would recommend a flightly ftrange Srategy. I would recommend you intentionally fkip fome Annotations. I was once an Orthodox who believed in understanding every Annotation. Although Metanoia came upon me silently like the malevolent V-2 rocket. The new Method creates a fense of Paranoia in yourself, and thus, make you more immersed.

May Your Reading Experience be fuperb,

Ok I do have a question:

How much of the great Gatsby do you think is real and what parts are nick making up?

OMG this is the nicest thing anyone's ever said ever .. thank you!! I am merely a little dork that latches onto media and especially the ones I've read in school ...

I think there's definitely a lot more truth to the Great Gatsby than there is like fabrication. My thing with it is I think there's a lot more that Nick leaves out, not things he makes up, y'know? Im sure he makes up a lot about Gatsby's grandeur. But not as much as the fanbase seem to believe he does? I'm sure people weren't like "OH MY GOD WOW THIS GATSBY GUY WOW" like Nick tells it, but I'm sure a fewww people knew him. Just less than what Nick tells it as. I think Tom was worse than Nick tells it as, Daisy and Jordan too. Truly, I think George, Wolfsheim, and Myrtle are people that Nick probably demonized in his writing. With Nick's prejudice.. Wolfsheim probably wasn't as cruel as he was written as in the ending.