Ninety-Seven: Coronaventing III…Utter Incompetence in Real Time
Posted onIn which we get together and talk about COVID-19, politics, subjunctive space, and Oprah Winfrey.
In which we get together and talk about COVID-19, politics, subjunctive space, and Oprah Winfrey.
In which we finish discussing chapter one of Thomas Pynchon’s novel, V. Shownotes: If you’ve wondered what a ’53 MG looked like, here’s one: Aug mentions the character Swiss Toni, from the Fast Show. Here’s a clip of some of his best moments. Liam mentioned Joanna Freer’s book, Thomas Pynchon and American Counter Culture: Powells; WorldCat eBook; […]
In which we get together just for the togetherness we all need in these times.
In which we kick off Season 6, covering Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V. We planned to get through the first chapter, but only got through the first two sections of it.
In which we get together to talk about Thomas Pynchon’s novel, V, but end up just chatting about COVID-19 and related concerns.
05.23: Bleeding Edge In which we finished our discussion of Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge with this capstone episode looking back at the entire book. And stayed tuned through the end, where we announce which book we’ll tackle next season!
05.22: Bleeding Edge In which we wrap up the book with a look at the final two chapters, 40 and 41.
05.21: Bleeding Edge In which we examine chapters 38 and 39 of Bleeding Edge, and go deep into some Mayan mythology just for fun.
05.20: Bleeding Edge In which we set out to look at chapters 37 and 38 of Bleeding Edge, but only get to chapter 37. And a note here that there was some internet trouble on the day we recorded. Surely it was Them.
In which we discuss chapters 33 and 34 of Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge.