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Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast Thomas Pynchon books discussed here!
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Each episode, we take a deep-dive into the book we are focusing on—we explore the references, characters, plot, and everything in between from a non-scholarly point of view. We are just four fans who love these books and can talk about them endlessly.
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 16-18
If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:
Films/TV: Lost Highway (1997; dir. David Lynch)
Music: Elvis Hitler - Green Haze: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4FFgxJsjqkg
Books: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
As always, thanks so much for listening!
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 13-15
We didn't really have any noteworthy recommendations of other media to tie into these chapters (or the book in general) this week, but we hope you had a wonderful Pynchon In Public day on Wednesday.
Just a reminder that we are off next week, so the next episode will be out on 24 May 2024.
As always, thanks so much for listening!
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 10-12
If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:
Films/TV: Aretha Franklin “Nessun Dorma” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0
Books: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty
Pynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublic
As always, thanks so much for listening!
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 7-9
If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:
Films/TV: Office Space (1999; dir. Mike Judge)
Books: The Declaration of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow; Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace; The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (watch the Hulu Miniseries Adaptation, as well)
Pynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublic
As always, thanks so much for listening!
Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 4-6
If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:
Books: Meet Me In the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman; 9/11 as Mass Ritual by S.K. Bains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center#Controversy
As always, thanks so much for listening!
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Bleeding Edge: Chapters 1-3
If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:
Films/TV: We Live In Public (2009; dir. Ondi Timoner)
Music: Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers
Books: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami
“Postmodern Syllabus” (mentioned in My Dinner With Will and Kate): https://tildes.net/~books/rf7/if_you_had_to_teach_a_class_on_literature_what_books_would_you_put_on_your_syllabus
As always, thanks so much for listening!
Email: mappingthezonepod@gmail.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod
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