About BE's cover art

[Lemuel Underwing]

Hah, only you, good sir. But that was because I had a few too many Mimosas
this morning with Brunch, on account of (this is my story and I'm sticking
with it) the presence of a few terribly beautiful women at the table with
me.
I just use the gmail thing, usually it will give you the option to "reply
to all" or just plain ol' "reply".
I also gave up smoking marijuana a few years ago.


On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>wrote:

> I gave up smoking marijuana in 2001 due to the fact that it was giving
> me crippling anxiety attacks, a phenomenon about which I had
> previously harbored an arrogantly dismissive attitude. But boy howdy,
> when it happens to you...
>
> Anyhoo, just so I know, was your reply to my Original Post sent only
> to me? Or to the Pynchon List in toto?
>
> I ask because I'm wondering how the whole thing works.
>
> I never get my own OPs to the P-list sent back to me, but those posts
> do get replies on occasion, so I'm assuming that the P-list does get
> my OPs.
>
> However, when I attempt to reply to a reply, usually that reply only
> goes to the single individual who replied to my OP!
>
> So did the whole P-list get your reply to my OP? Or only me?
>
> And if I reply, will the P-list see it? Or do I have to include
> pynchon-l at waste.org in the "TO" field for that to happen?
>
> And, if I do so, is that a breach of your trust in some way, seeing as
> your reply was intended only for me, and not for the list in toto?
>
> Curious,
> yer old pal Jerky
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Lemuel Underwing <luunderwing at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Quick question, how many joints did you smoke?
> > Just kidding, I totally agree with you (though I was less impressed w/
> the
> > IV cover), I found it underwhelming until the sun caught it...
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Up until this morning, I thought that the hardcover artwork for
> >> Pynchon's latest novel was kind of underwhelming, especially when
> >> compared to the beautiful work that went into the hardcover editions
> >> of Mason & Dixon, Against the Day and (to a somewhat lesser extent)
> >> Inherent Vice.
> >>
> >> Mason & Dixon had that beautiful transparent overlay/interplay thing
> >> going on, as did Against the Day, with its replicating of the visual
> >> peculiarities of Icelandic Spar. Inherent Vice had a beautiful (imo)
> >> Darshan Zenith painting that reminded me of later day Frank Zappa
> >> releases (Make a Jazz Noise Here, Them or Us). So, in comparison to
> >> these, the cover for Bleeding Edge kind of left me cold.
> >>
> >> Until this morning.
> >>
> >> Yesterday was warm, so last night I opened my window and the drapes to
> >> let a maximum amount of cool air in overnight. This morning, I woke up
> >> to a particularly intense sunbeam streaming into my room and directly
> >> onto the spine of my copy of Bleeding Edge, causing it to virtually
> >> explode in a super-intense rainbow of dazzling colors. The effect was
> >> so intense, it took my breath away. I have never before seen such a
> >> stunningly executed example of camouflaged color in commercial
> >> artwork.
> >>
> >> Quite a nice way for this Pynchon fanatic to wake up this morning, let
> >> me tell you! Hats off to Evan Gaffney for his stellar work on
> >> Pynchon's behalf.
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >> yer old pal Jerky
> >> -
> >> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
> >
> >
>
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