Thanks for yr response. I've read Pynchon but not DeLillo, which is why I asked the question.
> That said I've more or less stopped reading fiction, feel like after hundreds of attempts I have yet to find anything life changing enough to be worth the investment.
This was interesting. I'm not going to argue against you stopping reading fiction because I don't see reading as a necessarily 'virtuous' activity. I think there can be value in it but there can be value in doing other things instead. I personally feel that I have come across a number of books in my time that were somewhat 'life changing' but I never read in a quest to find such books; my reading has always been done for experience/curiosity.
Feel free to read DeLillo (obviously). I'm really curious what the fuss is about. I found the characters drab, the style uninspiring, the themes mundane. There must be something there but I didn't get it.
If I did, I think I would try Ratner's Star, as that seems his most interesting novel (at least in what it attempted, whether successful or not). But I'm in no hurry.
> That said I've more or less stopped reading fiction, feel like after hundreds of attempts I have yet to find anything life changing enough to be worth the investment.
This was interesting. I'm not going to argue against you stopping reading fiction because I don't see reading as a necessarily 'virtuous' activity. I think there can be value in it but there can be value in doing other things instead. I personally feel that I have come across a number of books in my time that were somewhat 'life changing' but I never read in a quest to find such books; my reading has always been done for experience/curiosity.