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doubleshuffle · 09-21-2013, 10:44 AM

Bought it (with the coupon :-) ) and have read almost half of it now. Greatly enjoying it. One of the "easy read" Pynchons along the lines of Vineland or Inherent Vice - which is good for me, having made three attempts on Against the Day so far without being able to finish it (- loving it, but just not able to spend enough time with it to keep track of everybody -)...

So Bleeding Edge so far is Pynchon in playful crime writer mode - lots of fun with word play, invented video games, the usual silly songs, the works - and yet a villain who gets creepier the more the heroine learns about him, especially since there are hints scattered about the story that the dirt she is poking her nose in is leading up to 9/11 somehow.

So, no final opinion before I've finished it, but so far I'm very happy.

09-21-2013, 10:44 AM	#7
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,944 Karma: 185432100 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Bought it (with the coupon :-) ) and have read almost half of it now. Greatly enjoying it. One of the "easy read" Pynchons along the lines of Vineland or Inherent Vice - which is good for me, having made three attempts on Against the Day so far without being able to finish it (- loving it, but just not able to spend enough time with it to keep track of everybody -)... So Bleeding Edge so far is Pynchon in playful crime writer mode - lots of fun with word play, invented video games, the usual silly songs, the works - and yet a villain who gets creepier the more the heroine learns about him, especially since there are hints scattered about the story that the dirt she is poking her nose in is leading up to 9/11 somehow. So, no final opinion before I've finished it, but so far I'm very happy.