Pynchon in Public Podcast

After a daringly audacious and narrow escape from the Land Down Under (see PIPCast and the Dastardly Didgeridoo), the team heads back to the relative safety of northern latitudes to finish our discussion of chapter 9 of Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V.

Recently returned from a far-off cultural expedition (see PIPCast and The Tasty Treats of Timbuktu), we settle in to finish our discussion of part 2 of chapter 9 of Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V. We continue into part 3 just a bit as well.

Shownotes below:

Regarding Germany’s apology to the nation of Namibia for the genocide of hundreds of thousands of native peoples in the early 20th century: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57279008.

NPR’s story of the Phoebus Cartel, which we scooped them on years ago: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707188193/the-phoebus-cartel.

 

 

Returning from a summons into other-dimensional realms (see PIPcast and the Lugubrious Lawsuit), we begin a look at part 2 of chapter 9 in Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V.

Check out this site for a decent write-up of the D’Annunzio/Fiume story: https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/fiume-escapade

Back from a recent brouhaha at Brew-Ha-Ha Brewreies out in Boise (see PIPCast and the Hoppy Hilarity), our hopped-up crew talks though the first section of chapter 9 in Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V. Shownotes with links below.

This is a map of Africa after it was divided up in the 1884 Conference of Berlin. 

If you’re interesting in hearing one of the so-called “click languages” found in Namibia, check out this video.

Aug mentions an article called “Smoking Dope with Thomas Pynchon.” As of this posting, it’s available at the Pynchon Wiki.

Back from their fantastic adventures abroad (as told in The Pynchon In Public Podcast Meet the Huldufòlk), our intrepid team covers the chapter 8 of Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V. Follow the links below for more information, reading, and/or rabbit holes.

Before you do that though, Aug has recently published an amazingly good book about his misadventure in search for a mythological bar in Berlin. You can find it here on Amazon. He’s also written an excellent article about the music scene in 1980s Berlin over at The Quietus.

Alan mentions that the Rusty Spoon, Profane and the Crew’s hangout, is based on the White Horse Tavern in Manhattan.

You can read the article “Paranoid Style in American Politics,” by Richard Hofstadter here at Harpers.

Aug mentions the article “Smoking Dope with Thomas Pynchon.” The folks at the Pynchon wiki have it available.

In which we look at the final three sections of chapter seven in Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V.

Bo begins with a New York Times article by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You can read it here.

Aug mentions an interest piece on Pynchon in the Boston Review.

Bo mentions another piece about Pynchon.

Lastly, Aug mentions the book Stranger Than We Can Imagine, by John Higgs.

In which we take a look at sections 6 through 8 of chapter 7 of Thomas Pynchon’s first novel V.

In which we have a look at sections two through five of chapter 7 of Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V.

Bo mentions that Vheissu reminds him of The Vhorr, a novel by Brian Catling.

Alan mentions the movie Lost Horizon (1937).

Bo points out the Pynchon is the first person credited with using “shrink” to mean a therapist in the Oxford English Dictionary. Here is a screenshot.

The Birth of Venus painting at the heart of the story.

In which we start looking at chapter 7 of Thomas Pynchon’s first novel, V. We discuss the opening and the first two of the numbered sections.

In which we take a look as chapter 6 of Thomas Pynchon’s debut novel, V.

Paola and Alan talk about the Feast of San Gennaro, which you can read more about here.