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I think I just have a weakness for the early-mid 20th century and failed fascist projects, I'm really not that hard to impress, I guess I also care about prose and like emotions
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I think I just have a weakness for the early-mid 20th century and failed fascist projects, I'm really not that hard to impress, I guess I also care about prose and like emotions
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“The off-key attempts to rezone the boundaries of jailbait terrain.”
(Not really a blog about) Pynchon in Public Day, 2026
Unless my math or some established facts are incorrect, Thomas Pynchon turned 89 today. As far as I can tell, the first time I posted something Pynchon-related on Pynchon’s birthday (May 8, obv), was a portrait by James Jean, back in 2013. The next year I directly recognized the date of his birth in a round-up post, and the year after that I recognized what has been semi-formalized into “Pynchon…
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Eternal youth, big Hollywood playpen, whatsoever—but someday they’ll lose that innocence. They’ll find out.” “Maybe they’ll keep finding new ways to be innocent.” Which got me a funny look. “Better if somebody tells you now—innocent and not guilty ain’t always the same.
Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket
Justin St. Clair reviews Thomas Pynchon’s new novel “Shadow Ticket.”
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Just finished Thomas Pynchon's "Shadow Ticket", and I enjoyed my time with it. Reading Pynchon is like dunking your head in a river and letting everything just flow over you. Then you pull yourself out, the river hasn't come to an end, but you saw some wild stuff.
So the book takes place in the 1930's and tags along with Hicks McTaggert, former strike-buster who achieved some form of enlightenment due to an apported weapon (quite literally vanished from his hands) and became an investigator for a larger company.
He's then railroaded from Milwaukee to a Europe just on the cusp of WW2 in an attempt to find a cheese heiress, while numerous agencies pursue her cheese mafia father.
At this point the book is flooded with characters and concepts, from groups that teleport objects around, to Jewish robots and vampires. While the book doesn't really have a traditional three act structure, there is some resolution to EVERY character Pynchon introduces. Not a bad read if you're looking to get your head washed. Also keep an eye out for a cameo from three stage performers/bodyguards who I believe are meant to be the vaudevillian Ritz Brothers.
Shadow Ticket (2025)
Thomas Pynchon
Penguin Press
