05.05: Bleeding Edge In this episode – doubly unprecedented! – we discuss chapters eleven through thirteen of Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge. For the next episode, we’ll look at chapters fourteen and fifteen.

05.04: Bleeding Edge In which we continue our discussion on Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge with a look at chapters nine and ten. We then do a short review session of the novel to this point. For the next episode,

05.03: Bleeding Edge In which we continue our look at Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge with a discussion on chapters six through eight. For the next episode, we’ll look at chapters nine and ten. Alan mentions a Hulu show titled The Looming Tower.

05.02: Bleeding Edge In which we continue our look at Thomas Pynchon’s Bleeding Edge with a discussion of chapters three, four and five. For the next episode, we’ll look at chapters six through eight. There’s a mention of the Horst Wessel song,

05.01: Bleeding Edge We kick off Season Five with an introduction to Thomas Pynchon’s most recent novel, Bleeding Edge. We then have a look at the first two chapters. Enjoy! For the next episode, we’ll look at chapters three through five.

04.42: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we finally finish our examination of Gravity’s Rainbow. Thank you for joining us throughout this long season. We’ll be back with Season Five as soon as we’ve had a bit of a rest.

04.40: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we wrap up the final section of Gravity’s Rainbow with a look back at The Counterforce. Chris said Slothrop was referred to as an “early Virgo.” Aug said that the phrase was “double Virgo.” In fact,

04.39: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we finally, after two years of work, get to the end of Gravity’s Rainbow, with a look at the last half of the last chapter. Chris reads from an article called “Coloring Gravity’s Rainbow” by N.

04.38: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we have a go at the first half of the last chapter of Gravity’s Rainbow. Bo mentions some early picture of Adolf Hitler wearing lederhosen. Here’s an example of why that maybe didn’t convey the authority he wanted it t...

04.37: Gravity’s Rainbow In which we continue our discussion of The Counterforce section of Gravity’s Rainbow with a look at chapters nine through eleven. And stay tuned at the end of this episode for a special outro song created by a Pynchon fan!