IVIV recommended reading: McLuhan

[Doug Millison]

The reverberations with McLuhan are pretty strong, any of the p- 
listers I know who have read Pynchon's books multiple times will have  
no trouble hearing echoes in McLuhan.


On Aug 18, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> 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...)
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> 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:
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>> 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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