Love child?

[Mark Kohut]

Chick lit was a pure marketing construct. I was there. When it takes in
those Joseph mentions as well as all the way back to Austen,
the only meaning it has is that women buy more novels about women because
women buy more novels....

On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 10:29 AM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Yea I just thought Eric Schmidt teaming up with Henry Kissinger to guide
> us into the future is particularly Pynchonian in its pure weirdness and
> terrifying obviousness, both in the context of BE and going back to his
> essay , ‘Is it OK to be  Luddite?’, which ends with the next great
> challenge for humanity coming " when the curves of research and development
> in artificial intelligence, molecular biology and robotics all converge”.
>
> Hey if the likes of Barbara Kingsolver, Ursula Leguin, Louise Erdrich, and
> Margaret Atwood are included in Chick Lit  I am an avid fan.  But then I
> enjoy these women as sociopolitical and cultural observers along with all
> the juicy human stuff.   BE has it all; Maxi meets Lucas in changing NYC in
> changing cyberspace in Jetsons domesciticy contradicted by the eerie ghosts
> of the fallen towers , watching the construction of open source hot dog
> stands, skyscrapers and skywalker x-wings. We stand with her on the edge of
> the possible and impossible and wonder wtf is this place, knowing it’s
> where we live.
>
>
>
> > On Aug 3, 2022, at 12:14 AM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yeah, that ole Eric Schmidt!
> >
> > Okay, not quite “¿who he?” but when I read your post, I was thinking of
> Eric Raymond the open source guy, _Cathedral and the Bazaar_, the jargon
> file - & I was going, “wow, that’s what he’s into now? Quelle surprise -
> maybe he’s burrowing from within.”
> >
> > Are you saying “love child” was your text? Kind of a relief. I didn’t
> remember typing anything like that.
> >
> > And it is nice to get some serious underpinnings.
> >
> > As you might have noticed, I tend to read Pynchon as if it’s
> “chick-lit.” - Hey, chick lit isn’t just for chicks. The books are studded
> with emotions, relationships, beauties and uglies, explanations that aren’t
> simplistic but not incomprehensible either, & whimsical/thoughtful/funny
> “takes” on all aspects of the action, that resonate with the subtle
> attitudinal stance of ethical hedonism, “keep cool but care.”
> >
> > They open out into more, but that’s not my forte. So thanks & please do
> keep ‘em coming.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 11:32 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net <mailto:
> brook7 at sover.net>> wrote:
> > Just sayin mass internet facilitated surveillance with questionable
> motives is Schmidt’s baby. Let me give you a free email account, and answer
> all your questions because I’m here to help. Hard to understand?
> >
> > > On Aug 1, 2022, at 3:25 PM, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Joseph Tracy wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Jul 30, 2022, at 4:36 AM , Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com <mailto:michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >> love child
> > >
> > >
> > > I did? Wonder what that’s an autocorrect of.
> > >
> > >
> > > ‘Member this one?
> > > https://youtu.be/JdmGO-GvHyo <https://youtu.be/JdmGO-GvHyo>
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