Bleeding Edge is on Amazon

Thu Apr 4 10:09:06 CDT 2013

“sometimes-projective fanboy” is surely redundant: projection is the essence, the very sign and sigil of fandom. What did you think all those mirror neurons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron>  were for?  

I can’t watch the wonderful magic-lantern and “big world/little world” scenes in Fanny and Alexander without picturing young Tom in a Long Island movie theater balcony, nom-nomming those Jujubes and soaking up Loony Tunes…

From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Markekohut
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 10:06 AM
To: rich
Cc: David Morris; John Bailey; Lemuel Underwing; Al Haidar; Tom Beshear; Prashant Kumar; “pynchon-l at waste.org“ 
Subject: Re: Bleeding Edge is on Amazon

Hey, all.....consider the genre...that is consider the " genre" of "Product Description" for a title listing. that is what this is....yes, not a genre but understand the purpose which, as Pierce or James (W) might say, is meaning here. 

Have you looked at other Product Descriptions? 

This is a witty verbal trailer. A tease of semi-direction to say something but leave mysteriously wide open.

If a map is not the territory, a trailer is not the movie....

Yet: TRP uses an uncommon phrase, makes " to IPO" a verb.....show me another Product Description that does anything close.

And, he makes fine wit with a phrase w deeper meaning for we heavy readers---Karmic and secular balance---and yet  meaning for any new and occasional readers...( karma is used by

Almost everyone...it's a blanket meme....

His light touch is wonderful, in my opinion, but I am a noted. 

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 4, 2013, at 9:43 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

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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