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Vineland

January 10, 2026 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Finished rereading Vineland today. First read it when it came out in 1990 and I don’t recall reading it again until recently, 35 years later. I’ve recently reread Inherent Vice, and of course, Shadow Ticket, his most recent and often, when idle, between books, I’ll pull one of his books down, open it randomly and … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, History, Politics, Racism, Sea Stories Tagged: One Battle After Another, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland

Your Bookshelf

September 6, 2024 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Jan 10, 2023 One thing mentioned in all the tidying up advice columns around the new year, you are unlikely to reread book from your bookshelf. To disprove that, I’m reviewing my Pynchon collection. Including some interesting book markers and some dust, so far they are holding up well. I reread the last half of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, What I Read Tagged: .V, Bleeding Edge, Bookshelf, Herbert Gold, Inherent Vice, Mason & Dixon, Pynchon, Slow Learner, The Crying of Lot 49, Vineland

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