I am reading this book for a class I am talking on postmodern literature and it is by far one of my favorite books I have read this semester. The depth and complexity of the novel never ceases to surprise me! It is brilliantly written and I can’t wait to dig deeper into it after my first reading!

The best conspiracy book I have ever read. I can’t really explain what makes it great, because anything I say would either give it away or not make any sense. But trust me—it blows you away. I’m still kind of realing.

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.

I accidentally started rereading Lot 49 while pottering around, waiting for some books I ordered to show up. It’s a great book, the first Pynchon I was able to get through. Once I’d read it, I was also able to read Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea’s Illuminatus! trilogy. It’s been almost twenty years, I guess….

i love how lot 49 takes a seemingly boring topic (couriers/the postal service/etc.) and turns it into this really gripping conspiracy story. this is definitely pynchon’s most accessible novel, so i would highly recommend it.