I haven't written here since I DID IT: I finished Gravity's Rainbow. Actually, since then I've also plowed through Douglas Coupland's new one Eleanor Rigby. A contrast in styles for sure--I had to make a conscious effort to keep my eye from moving too quickly across the short, easy dialog set in fairly large type, in contrast to the dense paragraphs of tiny type in my copy of GR. I liked ER, and I think it's the first DC novel with an ending that satisfied me. As for GR? I liked it, and some parts were especially great. Many say that multiple readings are really rewarding, but I think that rather than ever understanding it, I'll sort of always regard it as a curiosity to sort of ponder from afar, like a photograph in National Geographic.