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Gegründet am: 28. Feb. 2008
Beschreibung:
Gruppenstatus: Offen
Gegründet am: 28. Feb. 2008
Beschreibung:
Thomas Pynchon is out there. Masked and anonymous. Armed and dangerous. Writing.
This group is for those who can handle his books.
This group is for those who can handle his books.
"A SCREAMING COMES ACROSS THE SKY. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to no.
It is too late. The Evacuation still proceeds, but it’s all theatre. There are no lights inside the cars. No light anywhere. Above him lift girders old as an iron queen, and glass somewhere far above that would let the light of day through. But it’s night. He’s afraid of the way the glass will fall—soon—it will be a spectacle: the fall of a crystal palace. But coming down in total blackout, without one glint of light, only great invisible crashing."
- Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City, noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University. After publishing several short stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the novels for which he is best known today: V. (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Gravity's Rainbow (1973), Vineland (1990), Mason & Dixon (1997), and Against the Day (2006).
Pynchon is regarded by many readers and critics as one of the finest contemporary authors. He is a MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the National Book Award, and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Both his fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, styles and themes, including (but not limited to) the fields of history, science and mathematics. Pynchon is also known for his avoidance of personal publicity: very few photographs of him have ever been published, and rumours about his location and identity have been circulated since the 1960s.
It is too late. The Evacuation still proceeds, but it’s all theatre. There are no lights inside the cars. No light anywhere. Above him lift girders old as an iron queen, and glass somewhere far above that would let the light of day through. But it’s night. He’s afraid of the way the glass will fall—soon—it will be a spectacle: the fall of a crystal palace. But coming down in total blackout, without one glint of light, only great invisible crashing."
- Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City, noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. Hailing from Long Island, Pynchon spent two years in the United States Navy and earned an English degree from Cornell University. After publishing several short stories in the late 1950s and early 1960s, he began composing the novels for which he is best known today: V. (1963), The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), Gravity's Rainbow (1973), Vineland (1990), Mason & Dixon (1997), and Against the Day (2006).
Pynchon is regarded by many readers and critics as one of the finest contemporary authors. He is a MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the National Book Award, and is regularly cited as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Both his fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, styles and themes, including (but not limited to) the fields of history, science and mathematics. Pynchon is also known for his avoidance of personal publicity: very few photographs of him have ever been published, and rumours about his location and identity have been circulated since the 1960s.
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LordRama schrieb:
Have read V. and The Crying of Lot 49 so far, and both were fantastic. Will start Gravity's Rainbow as soon as I've finished the two other books I'm reading at the moment.
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Jester-US schrieb:
I think this group is dead. No recent posts and no leader now. I think I will leave. If anyone here wants to encourage me to start a new Pynchon Group - visit my page and PM me with that request. Thanks.
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thisisall1word schrieb:
Said it before but the group radio here is just the best - Manu Dibango, Charles Mingus and Swans a happy listener makes. As well as some Charleston swing, indie shoegazing and tropicalia. What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than watching the snooker, listening to this stuff and catching some sunshine. NIce.
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jeremiaszjr schrieb:
I am not him. :)
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dez777 schrieb:
hi everyone, try 'Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears - Flight of the Knife' quite pynchonesque
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Jester-US schrieb:
Pynchon!
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thisisall1word schrieb:
What last fm does [i]should[/i] be more important than what it looks like as long as the layout & structure doesn't impede upon the functionality. Well... it does more stuff now and there are some great new features like multi-playlists but I'm still of the opinion that the layout gets in the way of me using this site due to more scrolling but there will be little shortcuts I discover as I go along like clicking on the 'shouts' button at the top of the page to bring me down here! Using any application or website will require a (re)learning curve several times so we should be asking the newbies what they think of it - anyone here know anyone who has joined in the last week?
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Nbusse schrieb:
What solid top artists. A gold star for everyone.
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thisisall1word schrieb:
V is awesome - and I will have to re-read once I've got through M&D. Enjoy a summer of free association, paranoia and a shed load of adventitious reinforcement type shenanigans.
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sbstnH schrieb:
I just bought Slow Learner and V. I liked some of the stories in Slow Learner. I'm going to save V. for my summer vacation though haha.
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thisisall1word schrieb:
I went for Slow Learner and its a mixed bag. Think that M&D will be the last one unless I missed one... That might be my summer break read.
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thisisall1word schrieb:
OK, two books from the excellent Big Green Bookshop in Wood Green, but should I start Slow Learner or Mason & Dixon next? The first of those looks like a nice quick breeze through (comparatively speaking). Glad to see Boris getting plays in the chart too - nice one.
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rune0077 schrieb:
A Pynchon group?!? Well, the group radio here should be interesting. Looking forward to it.
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cold613 schrieb:
didn't know that there is such a group.
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thisisall1word schrieb:
Group Radio is throwing some some great stuff that I would never know to listen too - must listen to more Ornette Coleman.
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SwingBreed schrieb:
Happy to see OM associated with Pynchon....not something I would have guessed...
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kazisi schrieb:
But The Beatles?! Why? ;)
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SwingBreed schrieb:
Blasted Autumn, invader of old Bones.
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thisisall1word schrieb:
hullo there - 3 more...
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CAT811 schrieb:
Trystero!
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