Bleeding Edge takes place in 2001

[Antonin Scriabin]

Well V. takes place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, if I am not
mistaken. Mason & Dixon is a purely 18th century affair, barring Vulcans.
On Feb 25, 2013 7:08 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> ATD spanned two centuries, late and early, and it's hard to see how anyone
> could write about 2001, without referencing  back into the previous
> century.  Aside from a brief hop back to the demise of the dodos, doesn't
> GR (and all the others) remain in a single century?  Previous centuries are
> talked about in COL49, but we don't actually go there.  Any other instances
> of intra-book century hopping that I'm forgetting?
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Antonin Scriabin **
> Sent: Feb 25, 2013 6:56 PM
> To: kelber at mindspring.com
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Bleeding Edge takes place in 2001
>
> Something tells me we won't be in this century for long, or to the
> exclusion of other centuries.
> On Feb 25, 2013 6:34 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Oops!  Working through earlier emails, I see this was already posted.
>>  Exciting news, anyway.  With all his zigzagging (yoyoing?) back and forth
>> in time, he's finally arrived in our century.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: kelber at mindspring.com
>> >Sent: Feb 25, 2013 6:22 PM
>> >To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>> >Subject: Bleeding Edge takes place in 2001
>> >
>> >Dave Monroe posted this on Facebook, but hasn't posted it here yet.
>>  Dave?  Dave?!  Are you here?  Great find!
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/02/thomas-pynchon-new-book-bleeding-edge/62483/
>> >
>> >"The book is about the early 21st century tech scene in New York City.
>> According to the log line from the reports' preview, "it is 2001 in Silicon
>> Alley, New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom
>> and the terrible events of September 11."
>> >
>> >Laura
>>
>>  **
>
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