What am I in for? Is it worth it?
It's a good book. First 100 pages and the climax were great, but the middle was a little too prone to meandering for my taste. Think it's the contrarian take to say it's better than White Noise, but it's still a very good book
>>24824500Some /lit/izen said it'll filter non-Americans.
>>24824500>>24824547>>24824693I grabbed this one and also Libra. Having never read DeLillo, which one should I start first?
>>24824500it's great for what it is but you need to be interested in post modernism and post war america. i almost put it down in the first chapter where he talks to the dumb bitch for several pages but that's the worst part of the book, rest is kino
I've read it twice. It definitely didn't hold up as well the second go around and probably even less the third because I think it's basic ideas and formal devices are rather lame, but the tone and feel of many stretches (love the Lenny Bruce stuff) is peak Delillo. The prologue (previously published as "Pafko at the Wall") is genius. I think he meant to give an impression of the undercurrents of dread and loss lurking throughout Cold War America, and in that regard, he succeeded. But it's not his crowning achievement. Give it a read -- it's not hard to follow, by the way.>>24824785Libra>>24824693Whatever
>>24824903I've not read this one yet (have read Players, the names and white noise) Which Delillo do you regard as the best? I've got copies of Libra, Running dog, Great jones street and Ratner's star waiting to be read.
>>24824500I've read the prologue like three times. It's amazing. But I could never bother to keep reading much further the book proper.>>24824785Libra is a little bit dry, but a great read. Highly recommended.
Point Omega is p good too
>>24825062>Which Delillo do you regard as the best?Probably Libra or The Names. Players is for sure his weakest pre-2000.
I feel it doesn't tie together as well as some of his other books. Meanders, trails off. Too ambitious. Nevertheless, there's a wealth of beautifully crafted sentences. He always seems to write in a calming tone.
>>24824500stopped reading this when I realized one of the leads was a nig, really wish theyd tell you this sort of stuff ahead of time
>>24824785>I grabbed this one and also Libra. Having never read DeLillo, which one should I start first?Americana
i like the chess part
>>24824500It's a no for me, but it has a few worthwhile chapters, like the baseball framing device, everything related to hoover, and the lost ejzenstein movie
>>24825553The novel abruptly abandons his narrative thread less than a quarter of the way through you psued land mollusk lmfao.
>>24824500Absolutely super book. There's this inevitable sense of let-down when he veers from the amazing opening to let's discuss a depressed middle aged guy material, but ultimately there's still so many wonderful sequences, and I felt the ending pulled it into a worthwhile shape. The sequences on waste, the interactions with post-Communist Russians, the serial killer conversation, the chess, the juvenile correctional faciltiy dudes - all brilliant
>>24824500dude baseball lmao
Delillo is great but I wouldn't recommend this book. I think his best work is The Names, Mao II, Running Dog, Libra
>>24824547White Noise sucked though.
>forrest gump with a baseball>I'm supposed to think this is a masterpiece
>>24824693It's true. Also if you think the first part is the best and the book falls up, you got filtered and probably didn't grow up in NYC. It doesn't just filter non-Americans. It filters flyover-denizens.
>>24827699>He's not American>He's not from NYC>He's not from the Bronx>He's not from Arthur Avenuedon't even read the book if you're the above
>>24824693lol just read it man i'd start with libra
>>24826702It was great. Every Murray segment was excellent.
>>24824693Was it in the maximalism thread? This? >>>24807032It was me. I was shitposting and haven't read either.
>>24826702How can a thing suck when I found value in it?
>>24824693>it'll filter non-Americans.Dangerously based.
