Bleeding Edge is on Amazon

[David Morris]

Yes.
So trite and brite.
Egads!

So, Post-Modern Lit was all a big joke?  We've all been had?

GR is my PoMo anchor, but I wouldn't call it PoMo.

David Morris

On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, John Bailey wrote:

> 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<javascript:;>>
> 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<javascript:;>>
> 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<javascript:;>>
> 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 <javascript:;>>
> >>> 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 <javascript:;>> 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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