NP: Delayed comment on "The Dead Zone"

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Fri Oct 21 17:05:35 UTC 2022


Also, try to get one's local (if big city) or university library to buy
one...

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:59 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the tip, Allen! I see that physical copies aren't to be had for
> any price at the moment, and that digital versions go for nearly fifty
> bucks Canadian (which is obscene). Fortunately, I was able to scour up an
> unlocked digital version after a minimum of poking around for one.
>
> If anyone wants directions on where and how to find it for themselves,
> email me and I'll send  you those directions. Sorry, but if you're brand
> spanking new to the Pynchon List or otherwise stink of narc, I will not
> respond to your requests! LOL
>
> I also can't wait for The Passenger. I hope not too many people take that
> first review seriously. seemed to me like someone trying to make his bones
> by taking on a Big Boy. It seemed to me as though he had nothing serious to
> say about the book or McCarthy's work.
>
> Jerky LeBoeuf Esq.
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 8:41 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
> wrote:
>
> > A while back there was some conversation about Stephen King, “The Dead
> > Zone,” and David Cronenberg. I believe it was Jerky who mentioned “The
> Dead
> > Zone” as being his favorite King adaptation.
> >
> > I just finished reading William Beard’s wonderful “The Artist as Monster:
> > The Cinema of David Cronenberg”:
> >
> > https://amzn.to/3DhYaob
> >
> > His essay on “The Dead Zone” was, by far, the best critical analysis of
> > this movie I’ve ever seen! Made me appreciate it in a whole new light.
> The
> > whole book is pretty good, if somewhat overpriced. (And only goes up to
> > “Spider.”) Anyway, just a recommendation, especially to Monsieur
> Thibodeau.
> >
> > OH MANY I AM SO PSYCHED FOR “THE PASSENGER!”
> >
> > —Quail
> >
> >
> > --
> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
> >
> --
> Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>


More information about the Pynchon-l mailing list