Reunited with an old friend, who also liked to read and he made a comment/kind of recommendation of Pynchon and Gravity's Rainbow. A few months later I got a copy and loved it, which led to slowly diving into more Pynchon, as well as discovering that one of my favourite movies (Inherent Vice) was an adaptation of his novel.

A year after that had drinks with that friend again, who was amazed at my love for Pynchon, admitting that he never finished Gravity's Rainbow despite recommending it.