by Thomas Pynchon
I can't pretend that I've even begun to understand it yet, Bleeding Edge being the usual Pynchon mixture of unresolved plot, unconnected images and a sense of some deep significance that's always just eluding you, but a fun, deeply paranoid read about the Internet, New York and Cold War hangovers.
Huh. I thought Bleeding Edge was going to be a slick investigative thriller into virtual reality, terrorism and NYC in the days leading up to 9/11. Which it kind of was except for the fact that it just went on forever. So many twists and turns and new connections that by the end I had a headache and...
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Sigh... There is no question Pynchon is a talented writer. There is also no question that while he is writing circles around his reader he loses them along the way and unfortunately I was one of those readers this time out. The main charac...
We didn’t know it at the time, but Dickens’ phrase, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” could be applied to the period of time following the dot-com bust and preceding 9/11. This novel is an exploration of life in New York City about six months prior to 9/11 and then about six mon...
It was ok ☺I won’t say much about the plot- if you’ve read Pynchon before, you’ll know why!While reading this I kept thinking about something [a:Louis Theroux|92848|Louis Theroux|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1273540184p2/92848.jpg] said, which was (I never remember exact quotes) alo...
I don't care if this is the worst novel ever. It's a NEW THOMAS PYNCHON BOOK.I was actually thinking a few days ago how Pynchon should do a book about the Internet. Now I discover this. Do I get to claim partial credit?Apparently there's a strip joint in the book called Joie de Beavre. Too good.
A parable of reading. Protagonist is a fallen CFE, with her “skill set being a tendency to look for hidden patterns” (22), which is the sole necessary skill for reading a Pynchon novel. We have met the protagonist, and found that she is us. Principal text that CFE reads is work product of a film ...
Received a copy of Bleeding Edge By Thomas Pynchon through the first reads giveaway.Bleeding Edge refers to an incorporation of technologies that are so new that they have a high risk of being unreliable and early adopters may incur great expense in order to make use of them. Introduction of this ad...
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