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A comment on Pynchon in Public Day. Parent comment
> According to the standard kvetch about his work, his prose is overly dense [1]
Neil Stephenson gets the same criticism a lot, but I still enjoy a lot of his work.
> [Pynchon] can write some truly poignant scenes of longing, love, and loss
Don't get too caught up in the details, and don't hope for endings.
https://pleasekillme.com/thomas-pynchon/
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> According to the standard kvetch about his work, his prose is overly dense [1]
Neil Stephenson gets the same criticism a lot, but I still enjoy a lot of his work.
> [Pynchon] can write some truly poignant scenes of longing, love, and loss
Don't get too caught up in the details, and don't hope for endings.
https://pleasekillme.com/thomas-pynchon/