Bleeding Edge is on Amazon

[rich]

we're all speculatin here but i think we can all agree that parodying a
parody only works in porn




On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:21 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
>> 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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