The crying of lot 49

Book • 1966

Mentioned by

Recommended by

Nate

for understanding the milieu of the aerospace industry in Southern California.

Mentioned as another short novel suggested by listeners.

Mentioned by James Altucher as a book he wrote, which was a ripoff of Pynchon's novel, about a conspiratorial fake currency.

Mentioned by Katie as her favorite book by Thomas Pynchon.

Mentioned by

Talton Wingate

as one of his most favorite books ever.

Mentioned by

Marc Maron

as his primary experience with Pynchon, in terms of how the author changed his life.

Mentioned by

Devin Thomas O'Shea

as containing references to ARPANET, reflecting Pynchon's technical knowledge from working at Boeing.

Mentioned by

Matt Lech

, who says it stuck with him the most out of a sort of histories.

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