The Crying of Box 48
December 15, 2022 11:01 AM Subscribe
Huntington Library acquires the papers of Thomas Pynchon [This is not an obituary, Thomas Pynchon is alive, though he is 85]
Pynchon’s son, Jackson, was deeply involved in the acquisition and organization of his father’s papers. “When The Huntington approached us, we were excited by their aerospace and mathematics archives, and particularly attracted to their extraordinary map collection,” Jackson Pynchon said in a statement released by the Huntington. “When we learned of the scale and rigor of their independent scholarly programs, which provide exceptional resources for academic research in the humanities, we were confident that the Pynchon archive had found its home.”
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So many previouslies
Pynchon’s son, Jackson, was deeply involved in the acquisition and organization of his father’s papers. “When The Huntington approached us, we were excited by their aerospace and mathematics archives, and particularly attracted to their extraordinary map collection,” Jackson Pynchon said in a statement released by the Huntington. “When we learned of the scale and rigor of their independent scholarly programs, which provide exceptional resources for academic research in the humanities, we were confident that the Pynchon archive had found its home.”
Related: How did Thomas Pynchon inspire Radiohead? and The classic Devo song inspired by Thomas Pynchon
So many previouslies
I honestly would love to see the notes for Bleeding Edge. That's the only one of his books where he's describing a place and time I inhabited, and in some ways his portrayal of it is hyper-real. Down to the vibe of that dot-com era in 'silicon alley'. And what's interesting to me is how since that era wasn't really all that digitized, how did he collate and create a world that I consider co-equal with my early twenties memories of it.
posted by nutate at 12:27 PM on December 15, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by nutate at 12:27 PM on December 15, 2022 [7 favorites]
This is not an obituary
Heartfelt sigh of relief.
posted by Splunge at 12:51 PM on December 15, 2022 [6 favorites]
Heartfelt sigh of relief.
posted by Splunge at 12:51 PM on December 15, 2022 [6 favorites]
Copies of materials can be forwarded to you through your W.A.S.T.E. system.
posted by gimonca at 1:51 PM on December 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by gimonca at 1:51 PM on December 15, 2022 [5 favorites]
The post-horn will not remain muted, but even so we will never know the final fate of V or the whereabouts of Slothrop.
posted by Metacircular at 8:25 PM on December 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Metacircular at 8:25 PM on December 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
A+ post title.
posted by sugarbomb at 8:28 PM on December 15, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by sugarbomb at 8:28 PM on December 15, 2022 [2 favorites]
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