Bleeding Edge is on Amazon

[Markekohut]

I'm glad you wrote that Monte, so' s I didn't have to get dissed for saying it. Smile. 

I think that is the most succinct definition of real fan, with implied scientific " proof" , that I have heard. and I am thinking of all those fans of bigger-selling books, such as Harry the P and the vampire ones and so on and so on....

( when I was immersed in Proust, my written sentences, work and personal, got longer and longer...)

50 Shades of Grey started as fan fiction, ya'know. 

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 4, 2013, at 11:09 AM, "Monte Davis" <montedavis at verizon.net> wrote:

> “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 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. 
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> 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
> 
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> 
> 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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