A podcast about big books. Season One is devoted to a reading an analysis of Thomas Pynchon's 1973 novel "Gravity's Rainbow," and other issues directly related to the text.
Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 20 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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Number of Listeners | Categories | BooksArts |
And we're back! With VINELAND, chapters 6-8.
John and Asher discuss inter-generational negation, luddites, the computerized future, communitarian happenings, Esalen, transpersonal psychology, holotropic breathwork, and '70s solipsism.
THEN: We spea... more
We begin our read-through of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland in earnest, covering Chapters 1-5.
John and Asher discuss the amateurishness of opening a novel with a character waking up, the perils of transfenestration, the ersatzness of Hawaiian holidays, ... more
We missed "Pynchon Summer." But just barely! Cut us some slack, eh?
In any event, we are back with our read-through of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland (1990). Is it a triumphant return following the interminable 17 interregnum since Gravity's Rainbow? Or ... more
We open the ol' mailbag, which is really more of google voicemail inbox, to answer some listener Q&As. At long last!
We accidentally deleted one and apologize. So if you're the person who called in to ask about the "keying waves" sequence, where Slo... more
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I’ve listened to exploring the zone and slow learners is better. The guest are more educated and the hosts are more erudite.
First-time reader of GR and I love the content and banter of this podcast as a supplement to the text. Great show! But… the audio quality, especially the volume swings, is horribly distracting. It goes from quiet to obnoxiously loud and back. I thought it would improve after the first episodes, but alas…
Also the opening line to the book is misquoted in every intro with an extraneous “the.”
Interesting insights in digestible format
Great show! And I’d know.
Love the book discussion paired with some sort of expert to discuss a topic of the book. I don’t love having one speaker in the left channel and another in the right channel during parts.
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