authors influenced by Pynchon

[Ya Sam]

James Flint

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Flint




>From: kelber at mindspring.com
>Reply-To: kelber at mindspring.com
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: authors influenced by Pynchon
>Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:07:21 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
>
>Is the fact that the author's name isn't mentioned supposed to be a 
>Pynchonesque marketing trick?
>
>Laura
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>
> >Sent: Oct 15, 2006 6:45 PM
> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: authors influenced by Pynchon
> >
> >
> >In 1957 the Russians launch a dog named Laika into space. In 1960 
>Jennifer
> >Several is born, in a mental asylum near Stratford upon Avon. Thirteen 
>years
> >later the precocious school girl seduces first Judd Axelrod, the 
>half-caste
> >son of a Hollywood starlet, and later Joel Kluge, a mathematical genius 
>and
> >Hasidic Jew.
> >
> >But none of these three are prepared for the consequences. Judd finds
> >himself delivered into the tender mercies of sinister psychoanalyst Dr
> >Schemata, from whom he escapes through gambling. Joel becomes obsessed by
> >the idea of using computers to explain the Holocaust, and carries his
> >theories to ever stranger conclusions. Back in England a child with two
> >fathers grows in Jennifer's womb. Above them all Laika, presumed dead, 
>still
> >orbits the Earth, drawing sustenance from the barrage of media that 
>encases
> >the planet as the twentieth century draws to a close.
> >
> >The epic story of these characters is intertwined with a satire of 
>'digital
> >revolution' and a teasing investigation into the links between the space
> >race, mathematics and gambling in a narrative crackling with erudation 
>and
> >wit. Endlessly inventive and stimulating as well as moving, Habitus
> >ultimately offers a philosophical vision of our relationship with the
> >machines we create as well as the history which created us. Its 
>publication
> >announces one of Britain's most brilliant new writers.
> >
> >http://www.jbf.dial.pipex.com/Habitus/habitus/blurbh.html
> >
> >"Not since Thomas Pynchon exploded with 'Gravity's Rainbow' has a debut
> >author tried to create such a scientifically transcendental universe.
> >Quantum theory, genetic mutations, Alan Turing, the secrets of cabalistic
> >Judaism, Benoit Mandelbrot, Laika (the first dog in space), probability
> >theory, JFK, the Intenet, fractals, predictive theories of gambling,
> >Fermat's last theorem and the theological paradox of good and evil all 
>have
> >their place in this novel. Unsurprisingly, the plot sometimes gets a bit
> >confusing and many people might buy this only to file it unfinished next 
>to
> >Stephen Hawkins' seminal 'A Brief History of Time'. Flint's attempt to
> >rriake sense of the rise of information and the way it's changed our 
>lives
> >may be doomed to failure, but it's an entertaining ride. "
> >
> >http://www.jbf.dial.pipex.com/Habitus/habitus/criticsh.html
> >
> >Dans ce vaste roman-fresque, James Flint entrane le lecteur dans une
> >relecture poustouflante de la seconde partie du XXe sicle, retraant avec
> >brio les avances technologiques majeures de cette priode : comment la
> >tlvision puis l'ordinateur ont faonn nos vies en nous touffant de
> >donnes. Pour cela, il met en scne trois destins atypiques, trois
> >personnages attachants qui vont tenter d'interprter l'univers chacun  sa
> >faon, mais qui tous priront sous les coups conjugus du hasard et de la
> >fatalit, aprs avoir vainement cherch un sens au monde. Tour  tour
> >raliste dans sa description de la vie anglaise des annes 60 et 70, 
>lyrique
> >dans ses envoles technologiques, ironique dans sa peinture du progrs, 
>nous
> >baladant de Stratford  Oxford, de Las Vegas  la Suisse, Flint nous
> >embarque dans une aventure-relecture du monde contemporain, de la science 
>et
> >de ses leurres. Avec Habitus, Pynchon a trouv un digne successeur  et il
> >est anglais.
> >
> >http://www.amazon.fr/Habitus-James-Flint/dp/2846260389
> >
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