Bleeding Edge is on Amazon

[John Bailey]

Considering P's last two books went to town on genre writing, could
the blurb be a kinda parody on late 90s/early 00s New York as a
generic trope itself? The "inner Jewish mother", the Seinfeld
reference, etc. The blurb almost has that anodyne sheen of a NY sitcom
like Friends. Perhaps deliberately so?

On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is Pynchon really one for Symbols, now? I'm not so sure... at his best he
> blurs the line, sends the symbols scattering and makes a mockery of our
> Prized Post-Modern interps.
>
> Can't wait for the book, tho', I am quite alright whatever it is, I will
> read it and enjoy it cause dear Uncle P. wrote it.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Al Haidar <attarhaidar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Blogger with a capital B launched in August of 1999—in terms of edges this
>> one seems to line up.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> There were blogs in 2000 -- it was early, they were just seeping into
>>> public consciousness, and I believe most of the blogs were aimed at tech
>>> audiences then (plus a few political blogs), but they were around.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: rich
>>> To: Prashant Kumar
>>> Cc: David Morris ; <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:51 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Bleeding Edge is on Amazon
>>>
>>> she works (ed) as a fraud investigator as the blurb notes. the blurb
>>> makes her out to be a pattern recognition-era-william gibson/girl with
>>> dragon tattoo heroine type (but with kids)
>>>
>>> were blogs on the radar in 2000-2001?. pynchon mentions it in the blurb.
>>> the dot bust happened in early 2000--so we can assume the action takes place
>>> from say mar 00-to Sep 01
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Prashant Kumar
>>> <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Question for all: why do you think this is a detective tale? I mean, I
>>>> get there're precursors - Basnight, Sportello, recently - but why?
>>>>
>>>
>>
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