Reviews and Comments

Love the early pangs of some of his larger themes and main topics. Loved the ending here.

Really good stuff, just wish the AI pieces towards they end didn't meander as much.

It was interesting. Wasn't feeling most of it, but when it did resonate it was pretty glowing.

Well structured with good research (lots of sources). Made me understand things like syndicalism more clearly. Also made me want to read more Malatesta.

Earnest and clear. A mesh of internal struggles in places. Some of the videos and documents Chelsea leaked were pivotal to changing key aspects of my world view at an earlier age, so it was very interesting to see her detailed experience with it all.

It's re-read time...... pairing with www.gravitysrainbowguide.com/ , open.spotify.com/show/0K132R4Katg2oyEOSG3vRl?si=8ed19bae5fd24c25 , & gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php

Was nice to read more of his stuff, especially enjoyed Zarathustra.

Chugging through Part 3 of Zarathustra

First part of Thus Spoke Zarathustra was pretty good. I especially liked the end - it really served as proof to what Kaufman mentions in the intro of this collection about Nietzsche being a “bridge between positivism and existentialism”, which I think is much needed these days.

Great forward by Walter Kaufman, of course. On the segments so far.. well, the man sure could aphorism.

Looking forward to finally reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra in full here soon.

Finishing reading this really validates Pynchon being my favorite fiction author. Massive in the way the Gravity's Rainbow is, but more focused on key themes and the two protagonists here. The bond formulated between Mason and Dixon feels so real and beautiful.

I love the tall-tale untrustworthy narrator in this, and the idea of half-truths scattered through out bonkers story pieces.

This is truly a treasure of the mood of an early America (just before the Revolutionary War kicks off), in way that it depicts real historical and social feelings of the time so richly and remains real. Pynchon continued to be the master of this type of thing, I guess, and the idea of the Preterite is very alive here still (and even more close to its religious origins).

Maybe I'll do a blog post or more thorough writeup on this one sometime. There's a lot to peel away!

A man was maddened by the ticking of a pocket watch so he ate it.