While this book is good, like all the Pynchon I’ve read—engaging, enigmatic, stylistically fascinating—it seems lighter than the rest of his work in other areas than just page count, feeling more like blanched Philip Dick (though of course there are always similarities in the two’s books) than something on the same level as V.

Still, a good, fast read, with some great characters and ideas. Probably a good first Pynchon, for those who need convincing.