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In this inaugural episode of Mapping the Zone, our hosts introduce themselves and discuss a few topics to provide some insight into who they are and what they love about the subject of this podcast, Thomas Pynchon. Also discussed is what listeners can expect of the show going forward and which of Pynchon's books they will discuss first.

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We are off this week, so Kate has recorded a reading of Fear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. Thompson, taken from his "Hey Rube" column for ESPN Page 2.

We will be back on 26 July 2024 to continue our read-through of Bleeding Edge.

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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We're off this week, so Kate has provided a reading of John Perry Barlow's 1996 article, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.

We will be back on 26 July 2024 to continue our read-through of Bleeding Edge.

As always, thanks so much for listening!

Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:

Films/TV: The Thin Man; In the Toilet (fan made song)

Books/Authors: Thomas Pynchon’s Silicon Alley by Mike Godwin, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:

Films/TV: Archive 81(Netflix)

Music: Big L, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z

Books/Authors: Hunter S. Thompson

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters:

Films/TV: Primer (2004; dir. Shane Carruth); Motherless Brooklyn (dir. Edward Norton, Jr.)

Music: Tiny Desk Unit - Live At the 9:30 Club 1980; Bad Brains - Bad Brains

Books: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains by Nicholas Carr, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson; Motherless Brooklyn by Johnathan Lethem; The Power Broker by Robert Caro; Amerikastudien: “Bright Days for the Black Market”: Color-Coded Crises in Contemporary U.S. Fiction and the Works of Thomas Pynchon

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Films/TV: Spaced (1999-2001)

Music: Selected Ambient Works Volume II by Aphex Twin; Goblin (various film scores)

Books: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff; Falling Man by Don DeLilo

As always, thanks so much for listening!

Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod

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If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better.

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If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about:

Films/TV: Lost Highway (1997; dir. David Lynch)

Music: Elvis Hitler - Green Haze: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4FFgxJsjqkg

Books: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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