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Finished up with Part Two, this is where my memories of the book get even more hazy. I remember Tchitcherine vaguely but not much of his story, so I'm very excited for Part Three. That being said, the second part is tremendous. Things slow down just enough to flesh out Slothrop's arc to perfection. The Proverbs for Parnaoids are great, and this whole section is so vivid, cinematic, hilarious, and thought-provoking.

Just finished Part 1 "Beyond the Zero". This first part seems to be most concerned with the nature of history, control, and cause/effect. It's hard to put down my thoughts within the character limit here, but there a lot of brilliant passages that examine history and politics through Pynchon's views. GR flips between being chilling, powerful, disgusting, and hilarious with skill. The scale of the novel is just insane

Going in for a reread on this one, gonna take it slow and really try to get the most out of it. Not sure I understood much the first time through 😅