Pynchon at the Beach

[rich]

Just as an aside I read all the big books last year and have read the rest
except for IV which I plan to re-read after finishing a few other books on
the pile (I do recommend Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman--a futuristic
novel about the 'extinction industry' which has a Matt Ruff feel but folks
here will probably enjoy; just started Vladimir Sorokin's Telluria). My
sense is we can get a good idea where and what Pynchon was up to IRL by
what he dropped into each book. There are clues everywhere. But you knew
that.

on an another note: the trailer for Baumbach's take on White Noise left me
scratching my head--I get it's just a first look but it feels or suggests a
Hollywood 80s Godzilla disaster movie. I'm not sure how DeLillo's satire
translates to film and I consider WN satire. the trailer exudes such
seriousness which I hope doesn't get all the attention. DD is at his best
mixing the humorous with the profound--I'd be shocked and disappointed if
the former wasn;t given its due. Don Cheedle as Murray Suskind gives me
some hope

rich

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 2:49 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> And Ross's on that very topic was published while TRP lived on Manhattan
> Beach....
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 1:59 PM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> interesting, though I think Ross MacDonald may have a beef with that last
>> line.
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>> rich
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>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 1:14 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Pynchon at the Beach (altaonline.com)
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>> https://www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a40956585/thomas-pynchon-inherent-vice-critical-reaction/
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>> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
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