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In this inaugural episode of Mapping the Zone, our hosts introduce themselves and discuss a few topics to provide some insight into who they are and what they love about the subject of this podcast, Thomas Pynchon. Also discussed is what listeners can expect of the show going forward and which of Pynchon's books they will discuss first.

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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 Stephenson; Motherless Brooklyn by Johnathan Lethem; The Power Broker by Robert Caro; Amerikastudien: “Bright Days for the Black Market”: Color-Coded Crises in Contemporary U.S. Fiction and the Works of Thomas Pynchon

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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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

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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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

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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We didn't really have any noteworthy recommendations of other media to tie into these chapters (or the book in general) this week, but we hope you had a wonderful Pynchon In Public day on Wednesday.

Just a reminder that we are off next week, so the next episode will be out on 24 May 2024.

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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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

Pynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublic

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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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.

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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)

Pynchon In Public Day is 08 May 2024. Feel free to send a picture to the Pynchon In Public Twitter page @pynchoninpublic

As always, thanks so much for listening!

Email: ⁠mappingthezonepod@gmail.com⁠

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pynchonpod

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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.

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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

As always, thanks so much for listening!

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