Thomas Pynchon Cover Gallery
Pynchon covers via thomaspynchon.com. The site also has a great collection of Pynchon articles and more, including the classic 1984 essay, “Is It O.K. To Be A Luddite?“ The site doesn’t have any covers...
View ArticleChris Adrian, 9/11 Lit, Thomas Pynchon, Beach Reading and More
I’m about half way through two books right now: Chris Adrian’s A Better Angel, and Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice. Pynchon’s latest novel–I’ll talk a little bit about it in a sec–comes out in hardback...
View ArticleInherent Vice — Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Inherent Vice is a detective-fiction genre exercise/parody set in a cartoonish, madcap circa-1970 L.A. redolent with marijuana smoke, patchouli, and paranoia. Navigating...
View ArticleInherent Vice Trailer
Trailer for Thomas Pynchon’s new novel, Inherent Vice. Is it weird that books have trailers now? Not sure… Tagged: Books, Inherent Vice, Literature, Thomas Pynchon, Trailer
View ArticleThe Music of Pynchon’s Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon‘s latest novel, Inherent Vice is loaded with musical references–the radio’s always buzzing, bands are always hammering out jams, and hero Doc Sportello is always singing a verse or two....
View ArticleSix (More) Stoner Novels (And a Bonus Short Story)
One year ago, to celebrate 4/20, Sam Munson at the Daily Beast wrote an article praising “The Best Stoner Novels.” Not a bad list—Wonder Boys, sure, Invisible Man, a bit of a stretch, The Savage...
View ArticleRead the First Page of Thomas Pynchon’s Forthcoming Novel, Bleeding Edge
(Via; via). Tagged: Bleeding Edge, Excerpt, Inherent Vice, Joaquin Phoenix, Long Island, New York, New York City, Paul Thomas Anderson, Silicon Alley, Thomas Pynchon
View ArticleA Short Riff on the Inherent Vice Film Trailer
A. It’s likely that if you care about these things you’ve already seen the first full (non-teaser) trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Inherent Vice. B. Here...
View ArticleA clip from Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Inherent Vice
Tagged: Film, Inherent Vice, Joaquin Phoenix, Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon
View ArticleInherent Vice (Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon)
From page 272, chapter 27 of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Mason & Dixon. The phrase “against the day” appeared in chapter 13, on page 125. Perhaps I should be on the lookout for the phrase “bleeding...
View ArticleAnother clip from PTA’s film Inherent Vice
Tagged: Film, Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon
View ArticleI review my review of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Inherent Vice an hour before...
I’m leaving to (finally) see Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Inherent Vice in a few minutes. I’m going with my uncle. (I also saw No Country for Old Men with him in the theater. This point seems hardly...
View ArticleA few quick thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Inherent Vice
A. Let’s start with this: I need to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel Inherent Vice again. Like, I’m compelled. B. But maybe a quick sketch before, no? Like, here...
View ArticleParanoia Alert (Inherent Vice)
Tagged: Books, Film, Inherent Vice, Paranoia, Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon
View ArticleA (probably incomplete) list of films mentioned in Thomas Pynchon’s novel...
Below: A (probably incomplete) list of films mentioned in Thomas Pynchon’s novel Inherent Vice. I’ve listed them in the order in which they show up, and also in the editorial style in which they...
View ArticleHong Chau as Jade (Inherent Vice film poster)
(More stylized Inherent Vice posters). Tagged: Art, Film poster, Hong Chau, Inherent Vice
View ArticlePaul Thomas Anderson talks to VICE about Inherent Vice
Tagged: Inherent Vice, Interview, Paul Thomas Anderson
View ArticleDoc Sportello’s Interstellar Trip (Pynchon’s Inherent Vice)
It had all begun, apparently, some 3 billion years ago, on a planet in a binary star system quite a good distance from Earth. Doc’s name then was something like Xqq, and because of the two suns and the...
View ArticleThere is no avoiding time (Pynchon’s Inherent Vice)
Sauncho was giving a kind of courtroom summary, as if he’d just been handling a case. “. . . yet there is no avoiding time, the sea of time, the sea of memory and forgetfulness, the years of promise,...
View ArticlePaul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice Screenplay
You can (legally) download Paul Thomas Anderson’s screenplay for his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice. (Via, via, via). Tagged: Film, Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson, Screenplay,...
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