IVIV recommended reading: McLuhan

[Mark Kohut]

I think I have seen in bibliographic lists about TRP's work, an article or couple that 
points to TRP using McLuhan, closely, almost quotingly, not just as parallel insights......I have some McLuhan on my list to read. (the major one to reread--- I was so much stupider then, I'm smarter and still pre-dementia now...) 

A...and, I've ordered "Society of the Spectacle". TRP might have arrived at the equivalent of a lot of DeBord's theses hisself, but I think they are so THERE in Vineland and Against the Day, influenced by DeBord or self-seen.

--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net>
> Subject: IVIV recommended reading:  McLuhan
> To: "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 3:07 PM
>  Understanding Media: The Extensions
> of Man by Marshall McLuhan
>  The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man by
> Marshall McLuhan
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> I've re-read these both this year and thoroughly enjoyed
> them. Very helpful as I look at the Web from the day-job
> perspective  as editorial chief for a social media
> start-up. Lots of connections to Pynchon's books, I was
> surprised at how strong some them appear and would not be
> surprised to learn that Pynchon has read and been influenced
> by them to some degree, although I don't know if that's the
> case.  The Gutenberg Galaxy is the more satisfying
> book, in my opinion.
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