Nearly finished Vineland which I'm enjoying but don't like as much as The Crying Of Lot 49 or Inherent Vice.
I'm ordering more books of his but I'd also like to explore other authors who might be similar as well.
I like his books because of his sense of humour, postmodern sensibilities, and exhaustive run on sentences. So I guess authors that match that?
The most Pynchonian thing I've come across that isn't related to him is the film "Under The Silver Lake" so it you've seen that I guess it's a reference for what Pynchon stuff I like.
by CosmicEveStardust
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Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson has a bit of a Pynchon vibe to it.
David Foster Wallace is probably the most obvious answer though I think their similarities are somewhat superficial. I find Pynchon to be so specifically on his own wavelength that he is hard to really emulate. I find Dan DeLillo to be about as close an analogue as anyone else personally.
I’d look at some Tom Robbins, same generation. Similar sensibilites. Very entertaining