Tag: Joseph Slade
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Rocket Man: Thomas Pynchon Again
I thoroughly enjoyed Writers For the 70’s: Thomas Pynchon by Joseph Slade. Here are some notes I took while reading, but keep in mind, these notes represent only a small part of what Pynchon’s work is all about. One of Pynchon’s preoccupations is that the 20th Century was the age of oil, from which we derive, not only…
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Good Reading Ahead
Two books arrived in the mail yesterday! Thomas Pynchon (1974, Warner Paperback Library), by Joseph W. Slade, is a detailed analysis of all Pynchon’s short stories and novels up through Gravity’s Rainbow, which was Pynchon’s most recent book at the time this study was written. In the preface, Slade’s list of prerequisites for studying Pynchon include, among others, Joseph…