Tag Archives: Thomas Pynchon
links for 2009-12-09: hanging with Pynchon
LRB · Hanging with Pynchon A short memoir of encounters with TRP in the early 70s, by poet Bill Pearlman. "One of the things Pynchon liked was to be driven around LA by one of the young women from the … more…
Inherent Vice… the trailer???
YouTube – Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon – 9781594202247 Holy Mother of Jeebus, somebody’s gone and made a trailer for the new Pynchon. So, are They finally going to do a Cormac McCarthy on TRP? I can’t see it working, myself, … more…
Against the Day, paperback editions
Paperback editions of Against the Day have appeared in the USA and in the UK, and by odd coincidence, the painting used on the US edition (Nose Dive on the City, Tullio Crali, 1939) already appeared on these pages not … more…
Inside the Hollow Earth « strange maps
strange maps has an interesting historical run-down, very light on the linkage, but easily remedied by pointing Wikipedia at “hollow earth“. I might have posted on this subject while I was reading the relevant passage in Against the Day, but … more…
Futuristic Air Travel (circa 1900)
Marvellous retro-futuristic image from Paleo-Future: According to the Library of Congress it was used as the cover for an issue of All Story magazine between 1900 and 1910. The most revolutionary aspect of this image may be the depiction of … more…
links for 2007-07-13: Against the Day review
VQR » Back to the Future: On Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day Long and detailed review of Against The Day (tags: Thomas_Pynchon Against_The_Day William_Logan Virginia_Quarterly_Review)
Tesla’s Tower
Damn Interesting » Tesla’s Tower of Power “In this system that I have invented, it is necessary for the machine to get a grip of the earth,” he explained, “otherwise it cannot shake the earth. It has to have a … more…
Noooo!!! They Be Steamin’ Mah Punk! — Desultory Notes on Steampunk
This post was originally just going to be about this beautiful book cover, which appears to be a nautical chart overlaid with hinged brass doodads, posted by its maker, special effects and model maker Tim Baker on LiveJournal’s handmadebooks community. … more…
links for 2007-02-09: AtD review
Denis Scheck: Roller coaster in the dark – signandsight Considerably more appreciative review of Against The Day (tags: Thomas_Pynchon Against_The_Day art_and_lit)