On Metafilter, shmegegge writes:

Gravity’s Rainbow is a book that I’ve tried to read a couple of times. Every time it goes like this:

Oh hey! Man, I bet I could get through Gravity’s Rainbow this time! I do have a long train ride to work, after all! So what if it takes me a month or longer, I can handle that!

Oh wow! This is awesome! I totally forgot how great these beginning chapters are! I wonder what stopped me from finishing this all those other times?

Fuck, now I remember when my old art teacher told me to keep a little notebook with me so I can note everyone’s name and job and relationships to one another. I forget which scientist this guy is.

Ok, now who the fuck am I reading about? What’s all this with the sibling sex in chains and stuff? Shit, this is the hard part. This is the part that I’ve had trouble getting through in the past. I can do it, though! I can soldier through.

You know what? I don’t think this is my time to finish this book. I’m just way confused right now and I’m not even sure who the hell I’ve been reading about for the past 50 pages. I’m sorry Alan Moore, I know this is one of your favorite books and all, but shit I’m burned out. also, the crying of lot 49 sucked so this’ll probably suck, too. Yeah, I bet this book just sucks, anyway. Yeah, that’s it. This book sucks, that’s why I’m stopping.

A year or so later…

Oh hey! Man, I bet I could get through Gravity’s Rainbow this time!