Mapping the Zone: A Thomas Pynchon discussion podcast

We've finished another Pynchon book and convene once more to talk about Bleeding Edge; this time in its entirety. We're joined by Andrew, better known as Byron's Glowing Filament on Twitter and the creator of the Gravity's Rainbow Analysis substack (link below). We’re taking a (well-earned) break and will be back some time in November to start Against the Day. In the meantime, we’re going to be re...

We apologize in advance for some audio issues which presented themselves after we had finished recording. We've done our best to clean them up and make everything sound as good as possible. Information on the guest for our Bleeding Edge wrap-up episode, as well as our next book and schedule changes for the show going forward are at the end of the discussion. https://vimeo.com/73716114 (Bleeding Ed...

If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better. https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezone As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: ⁠ mappingthezonepod@gmail.com ⁠ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitt...

The article mentioned by Luke: “Hallowe’en? Over Already?” https://x.com/Ethelmer77/status/963687634483793920?lang=en If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters: Books/Authors: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, The Trial by Franz Kafka If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. F...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters: Music: Mitch Hedberg - Mitch All Together , The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart - Bob Newhart, Riot Grrrl music Books/Authors: The Shock Doctrine (2007) and No Logo (1999) by Naomi Klein, https://www.jsasoc.com/docs/Sep1101.pdf (Global Consciousness Project analysis), When We Cease to Understand the...

We are off this week, so Kate has recorded a reading of Fear and Loathing in America by Hunter S. Thompson, taken from his "Hey Rube" column for ESPN Page 2. As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: ⁠ mappingthezonepod@gmail.com ⁠ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/ S...

We're off this week, so Kate has provided a reading of John Perry Barlow's 1996 article, A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace . As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: ⁠ mappingthezonepod@gmail.com ⁠ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mappingthezonepodcast/ Show art by Brad Wet...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters: Films/TV: The Thin Man ; In the Toilet (fan made song) Books/Authors: Thomas Pynchon’s Silicon Alley by Mike Godwin, The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipm...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters: Films/TV: Archive 81(Netflix) Music: Big L, Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z Books/Authors: Hunter S. Thompson If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show be...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media that relates to these chapters: Films/TV: Primer (2004; dir. Shane Carruth); Motherless Brooklyn (dir. Edward Norton, Jr.) Music: Tiny Desk Unit - Live At the 9:30 Club 1980; Bad Brains - Bad Brains Books: The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains by Nicholas Carr, Neuromancer by William Gibson, Snow Crash by Neal Ste...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Films/TV: Spaced (1999-2001) Music: Selected Ambient Works Volume II by Aphex Twin; Goblin (various film scores) Books: The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff; Falling Man by Don DeLilo If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on K...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Films/TV: Lost Highway (1997; dir. David Lynch) Music: Elvis Hitler - Green Haze: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4FFgxJsjqkg Books: The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equip...

If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better. https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezone As always, thanks so much for listening! Email: ⁠ mappingthezonepod@gmail.com ⁠ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mappingthezone.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitt...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Films/TV: Aretha Franklin “Nessun Dorma” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33sINjn9o0 Books: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fe...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Films/TV: Office Space (1999; dir. Mike Judge) Books: The Declaration of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow; Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace; The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright (watch the Hulu Miniseries Adaptation, as well) If you like what we're doing and want to support the...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Books: Meet Me In the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman; 9/11 as Mass Ritual by S.K. Bains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Animal_Disease_Center#Controversy If you like what we're doing and want to support the sho...

If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Films/TV: We Live In Public (2009; dir. Ondi Timoner) Music: Satan Is Real by The Louvin Brothers Books: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami “Postmodern Syllabus” (mentioned in My Dinner With Will and Kate): https://tildes.net/~books/rf7/if_you_had_t...

Kate and Cody took advantage of the break to spend some time talking about one of their favorite artists, David Bowie. A wildly talented artist, Bowie's influence is wider reaching than many might have known. Whether you're a longtime fan of Bowie and his discography or you've never heard any of his music (you have, you just don't know it was him), we hope you enjoy our long overdue discussion on...

In the latest Mapping the Zone bonus episode, Luke explores the world of Octavia E. Butler, with a particular emphasis on her Patternist series. We'll be back on 12 April 2024 to begin our exploration of Bleeding Edge! If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help...

Did you enjoy learning about books written by women in the modern literary landscape when Kate went on a long monologue about them several months ago? Have you potentially been pining for another installment ever since you heard the final dulcet tones of her voice tell you about Julia Armfield's masterpiece? No? Well, either way, she's done it again. Except now it's about OTTESSA MOSHFEGH, everyon...

In the latest Mapping The Zone bonus episode off the press, we welcome listeners to an introduction to the nonfiction book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published by Annie Dillard in 1975. As a non-plot-oriented work of narrative essay, feel free to kick off your work shoes and tune in without the looming spectre of spoilers. Tasting notes: profound exploration of nature, contemplation of the roots of...

David Lynch gets about as much focus on this show as Pynchon himself (especially in the Vineland episodes), so it seemed right to do a bonus episode where Cody can finally get all of his Lynch obsession out and in the wild. While the first part of the episode is a sort of overview of Lynch’s filmography, the main focus is his most recent film, 2005’s INLAND EMPIRE. It’s a beautifully strange film...

What you're about to listen to is a completely improvised, free flowing discussion between two hosts of Mapping the Zone. This conversation was captured as a result of a STOP RECORD button not being pressed, and two literary obsessives finding themselves locked in one of the best conversations they've ever had. Side effects may include: laughter, groaning, expansion of knowledge, or scoffing at th...

We've come to the end of Vineland and spend this final episode of the season discussing our overall thoughts and feelings on the book. Joining us is Seth from W.A.S.T.E. Mailing List (links below) to share his experience on his most recent readthrough of Pynchon's overlooked, underappreciated 1990 novel. Seth's social media: https://linktr.ee/wastemailinglist If you like what we're doing and want...

If you like what we're doing and want to support the show, please consider making a donation on Ko-Fi. Funds we receive will be used to upgrade equipment, pay hosting fees, and help make the show better. https://ko-fi.com/mappingthezone If you enjoyed our discussion, please check out the following media we talked about: Films/TV: SLC Punk (1998; dir. James Merendino), Lost Highway (1997; dir. Davi...