familiar theme
oops, i haven't started reading yet, but I have been diligently spending hours every day on the internet. I feel comfortable sharing this because I doubt my shame is particular to me. But, unlike all of you, I have typed "Thomas Pynchon" into Google once or twice. Here are some links that came up. Uh, and some that didn't. If anybody finds a Classic Comic version of the book, let me know!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tiCmTn0s7oY
I'm avoiding summaries (although some of these ahead do have short plot synopses), since I'm assuming they're all written by postliterarycybertheorists. Seriously, the first one I found (on a .edu server) was about Pynchon's prophecies of cyberspace. And since I've recently started living by the Code of Hasty Generalization, I can only infer that anything else I might find would be a BA thesis paper as well.
Thankfully, wikipedia's got everything!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity%27s_Rainbow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon
It's even got these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crib
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tunnel_Company
I've been looking for someone who deals in indexed and cross-referenced Pynchon-related trading cards, but in the meantime these dudes have searchable databases. Years ago, when I tried to slog through with Slothrop, the exponential expansion of the character pool left me scratching my head and reshelving the book. This time, I've got the internet on my side.
http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/index.html
http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
All right, don't forget to eat, sleep, and go to work.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tiCmTn0s7oY
I'm avoiding summaries (although some of these ahead do have short plot synopses), since I'm assuming they're all written by postliterarycybertheorists. Seriously, the first one I found (on a .edu server) was about Pynchon's prophecies of cyberspace. And since I've recently started living by the Code of Hasty Generalization, I can only infer that anything else I might find would be a BA thesis paper as well.
Thankfully, wikipedia's got everything!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity%27s_Rainbow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Pynchon
It's even got these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_crib
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tunnel_Company
I've been looking for someone who deals in indexed and cross-referenced Pynchon-related trading cards, but in the meantime these dudes have searchable databases. Years ago, when I tried to slog through with Slothrop, the exponential expansion of the character pool left me scratching my head and reshelving the book. This time, I've got the internet on my side.
http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/index.html
http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
All right, don't forget to eat, sleep, and go to work.
posted by Geoff at
3:41 PM
3 Comments:
i know the shame all too well. this will be my third try. currently reading ingmar bergman's the magic lantern as a sort of mental salve. i'll dive into GR by the top of the week.
happy reading to all.
this will be my second go round at GR; last time I was 22 and like "what is this crap?"
we'll see how it rolls this time.
(this is blake, fyi)
Never read this book, but have tried the first 40-50 pages of _V_ four different times.
When are we talking about starting? I leave town tomorrow for two months and probably won't get settled until the beginning of next week. That alright, Geoff?
KMR (Kareem)
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