Lucky y'all... you get two brand new Mapping the Zone episodes in as many days! 31 July - Against the Day (Ch. 36-37) 01 Aug - Infinite Jest (Part 6)
Mapping the Zone podcast
@mappingthezone.bsky.social
A discussion podcast centered around the works of Thomas Pynchon
A review of M. John Harrison’s new novel The End of Everything (written by yours truly) just went online! Link and sample below. www.justkeepupmagazine.com/m-john-harri...
East of Eden is so fucking good and sadly relevant almost 75 years later
app.thestorygraph.com/books/8c3f54... Can’t recommend this book enough. It has me totally removing myself from the social media world and abandoning YouTube. Their complicity in so much of the awfulness going on is inexcusable and I can’t be a part of it anymore
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this "authoritative and devastating account of the ...
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app.thestorygraph.com/books/8c3f54... I can’t recommend this book enough. I always knew social media was a cesspool, but when you read about the depths of their depravity and recklessness, it really hits hard. I’m taking the initiative to remove myself from most, if not all, of it, so should you
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
From a New York Times investigative reporter, this "authoritative and devastating account of the ...
app.thestorygraph.com
Y’all should read Orpheus Builds A Girl and Carrion Crow by Heather Parry. We might be discussing those books soon and she might be on the show talking with us. Just sayin’…
We’re wanting to get more authors on the show for general (and Pynchon-related) discussions. Any suggestions? Feel free to tag them, too!
Graham dead after “brief and sudden illness.” McConnell alive after slow and extended death.
I can only watch WC matches on Telemundo and my Spanish is not great. I already came into this not knowing much about the rules or subtleties of the game, but I can say I’m enjoying it immensely. Bonus for the announcers whose enthusiasm and passion for the game are crystal clear, though
@magictavern.bsky.social is there no new episode this week? I need more Offices & Bosses!
I’m enamored with the novels of The Lost Generation—about the futility of wealth accumulation and about the beauty in just living a simple, humble life. The idea that there’s no inherent value in being wealthy; it just makes people awful, selfish, and unable to see the world for what it is
There’s only one movie you have to watch today and it’s The Sandlot
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Infinite Jest episode 5 (pg. 410 - 503) will be out on 01 July and Against the Day, Ch. 32-33, will be out on 03 July. Feels good to be back!
You know what the best Prime Day deal is? Getting rid of your Amazon subscription. It’s easier than you think, just do it. Buy local. Buy independent. Wait a couple extra days for something, it’s okay. Nothing good has come from Amazon in 10+ years and fuck Bezos anyway
This upcoming Against the Day episode is gonna be a long one, but a good one. Likely to clock in at or around four hours, but we covered a lot of really important thematic and historical ground
Just finished this and, as a San Antonio native, it just reminds me of why I left Texas. I love the people there (mostly), but the unabashed whitewashing of TX history is appalling. Please read this book! @cltomlinson.bsky.social, if you and your co-authors ever want to come on, please let me know
I am all for having authors on the show—Pynchon adjacent or not—but if you send us this kind of AI horseshit (even as someone representing the author), it’s going right in trash. That being said, if you’re an author and want to come on the show, hit us up. Respect art. Respect artists. Fuck AI.
Kate and I are recording the next Infinite Jest episode (pages 410-503) tomorrow. Kate, Luke, and Will are recording the next Against the Day episode this weekend (I will not be there due to my birthday and Father's Day). Discussions are being had for our next non-Pynchon deep-dive book to cover.
I’m autistic. I have a job. I played baseball (and want to keep playing). I’m married. I’m a published writer. Fuck RFK. He’ll never have my superpower
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoRFK Jr: Kids with autism will never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date.
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@maggiemaefish.bsky.social is LynchPins coming back? Did it move to a different platform? I miss that show. Great discussions on Lynch’s filmography
Finally getting to dive into this and I am absolutely hooked
I love a good cup of coffee to go with a good book, and I appreciate a good vessel for it. I got these beautiful, handmade mugs from @elysecanoceramics.bsky.social. We already had the Pride mugs, but why not add more?, and got the dreamsicle one because it’s beautiful. Support human-made art!
It frustrating when people dismiss SFF and Horror as “lesser lit”. Go read @nkjemisin.bsky.social, @stephengrahamjones.com, @gabino.bsky.social, @amalelmohtar.com, @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social, @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social, @tvayyyy.bsky.social, @paultremblay.bsky.social and Mariana Enriquez