拍卖第49号
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas Pynchon、Antonio-Prometeo Moya · 初版 1965 年
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为什么值得读
- 篇幅较短且易读，是进入品钦作品的最佳起点
- 语言荒唐幽默，塑造了大量令人拍案的奇特人名
- 对在加州从事科技行业的人来说话题感极强
Pierce Inverarity 的遗嘱执行人 Oedipa Maas 穿行于一个由秘密结社、爵士乐俱乐部、beatniks 以及她自身内心世界交织而成的离奇地下世界。习惯了后现代文学的读者定能在 Pynchon 的第二部小说中大饱眼福。
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托马斯·品钦简直是个起名鬼才。单单是《拍卖第 49 批》，我们就有：Oedipa Maas、Wendell "Mucho" Maas、John Nefastis、Stanley Koteks、Mike Fallopian……诸如此类。平心而论，《拍卖第 49 批》里的幽默比比如《逆日喷泉》要显得更小儿科一些。
Thomas Pynchon is a great inventor of names. From "The Crying of Lot 49" alone, we have: Oedipa Maas Wendell "Mucho" Maas John Nefastis Stanley Koteks Mike Fallopian ...and so forth. Granted, the humour in "Lot 49" is a little more juvenile than, say, "Against the Day".
哈？我唯一读过的品钦作品就是《拍卖第 49 批》，但这本书很好读、搞笑得不行，而且对任何在加州干技术的人来说都极其应景。
Huh? The only Pynchon I read was "The Crying of Lot 49", but this was easy to read, hilarious, and extremely topical for anybody working tech in California.
你也许会想读读托马斯·品钦的《拍卖第 49 批》，也许不想。这是一本挺短的书。
You might want to read 'The Crying of Lot 49' by Thomas Pynchon, or not. It's a fairly short book.
太神了，不过作为品钦的入门作来说相当硬核。如果你打算读他的书，我会推荐《拍卖第 49 批》（一本有趣的小长篇）或者《迟钝的学徒》（一部短篇小说集）。《固有缺陷》可能也是个很有趣的入门选择。反正无论如何，他不是适合所有人的。我一个铁哥们就拿……开玩笑
It's amazing but a pretty tough intro to Pynchon. If you're going to read him I would recommend "The Crying of Lot 49" (a fun short novel) or "Slow Learner" (A set of short stories). "Inherent Vice" would maybe be a fun one to start with too. It's not for everyone in any case. One of my best friends jokes about the…
……那个。一旦你接受了你本来就不可能把所有东西都看懂这个事实，这书就变得极其好玩。综合来看品钦可能是我最喜欢的作家。不过我觉得从《固有缺陷》、《拍卖第 49 批》或《葡萄地》入手大概是个好主意。
…that. It’s an insanely fun book once you have accepted you are not supposed to get everything. Pynchon is probably my favourite author all things considered. Still I think starting with Inherent Vice, The Crying of Lot 49 or Vineland is probably a good idea.
……附上的维基百科条目是关于“Yoyodyne”最初的出处 > Yoyodyne 是托马斯·品钦在《V.》（1963）中虚构的一家国防承包商，并在他的小说《拍卖第 49 批》（1966）中占据了显著位置。顺便提一句，《第 49 批》是一本精彩的好书，里面塞满了像 Yoyodyne 这样的小文化梗。
…linked Wikipedia article is about the original source of "Yoyodyne" > Yoyodyne was introduced as a fictional defense contractor in Thomas Pynchon's V. (1963) and featured prominently in his novel The Crying of Lot 49 (1966). Btw, Lot 49 is a wonderful book and chock full of little cultural memes like Yoyodyne.