Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast

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Books: William Vollmann’s Seven Dreams series
Video Games: Disco Elysium, Final Fantasy VI
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Time: var. moments of social cavitation
Location: var. locales of New Old Mexico, esp. northern
Subject: Quiselgur, El Chavalito "Frank Traverse"
Concerns:
- rigid and constricted manifolds
- succulent flora
- turnabout
Recommendations:
- Continue observation
- Maintain separation from subject "QR"
- Apply steady pressure along lines of cleavage
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Music: Hermanos Gutierrez El Bueno Y El Malo (2022)
Film/TV: Acid westerns of Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy Mountain)
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Interview with Michael Silverblatt: David Foster Wallace on Bookworm (1996-2006)YouTube · M.J. NichollsSep 22, 2021
String Theory by David Foster Wallace
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Nothing new about this episode, despite the 2.0 in the name. We had some problems with the original being Apple Podcasts exclusive, so the workaround was in changing the title (slightly).
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Interview with Michael Silverblatt: David Foster Wallace on Bookworm (1996-2006)YouTube · M.J. NichollsSep 22, 2021
String Theory by David Foster Wallace
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Before setting sail, we check in on the bouncing baby Jesse and the newlyweds who made him. Things aren't going too hot for the young family, the line between reciprocal sacrifice and foolheadedness seeming blurrier every day, and that's without getting into the vigilantism. But now they've parted ways, for the kid's own good, and as Reef eyes his duty to gallivant overseas, the crew shuffles paper in the form of talking politics.
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Books: B. Traven’s Jungle novels:
Government (1931)
The Carreta (1931)
March to the Monteria (a.k.a. March to Caobaland) (1933)
Trozas (1936)
The Rebellion of the Hanged (1936; first English pub. 1952)
General from the Jungle (1940)
Music: Go listen to jass/jazz music
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