Woodchaz · @Woodchaz
342 followers · 2741 posts · Server social.vivaldi.netI'd like to discuss #Postmodernism with someone. I'm trying to figure out what I think about it. #InfiniteJest, #GravitysRainbow, #SlaughterhouseFive are among my favorite books, if that means anything.
A lot of these descriptions fit me:
"epistemological relativism, moral relativism, pluralism, irony, irreverence, and eclecticism." I think those are good traits, but I have a creeping sense that something is missing...
Maybe I am a #Postmodernist who is slowly inching toward something else?
#postmodernism #infinitejest #gravitysrainbow #slaughterhousefive #postmodernist
Woodchaz · @Woodchaz
258 followers · 2032 posts · Server social.vivaldi.nethttps://lateboomersden.blog/2023/04/05/the-machine-all-of-us-created-together/
Just some sci fi geek rambling about what "the machine" is and what role AI and humans have to play in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF34N4gJAKE
#Technology, #AI, #Artificial Intelligence, #Bonobo, #Computers, #Consciousness, #Cyriak, #GravitysRainbow, #JohnnyRebeck, #JohnnyVerbeck, #Machine, #MIA, #RyeRye, #SausageMachine, #ThomasPynchon, #Pynchon
#technology #ai #artificial #bonobo #computers #consciousness #cyriak #gravitysrainbow #johnnyrebeck #johnnyverbeck #machine #mia #ryerye #sausagemachine #thomaspynchon #pynchon
HEAC · @meer_salt
329 followers · 1412 posts · Server mastodon.green
I see that it is the 50th anniversary of the first publication of #GravitysRainbow, my favourite book. Wilfully bewildering, stupefyingly erudite, profane, arcane, filthy and brilliant. I have never stopped reading it since I first opened my copy in 1984, 11 years after that publication. We almost share a birthday, although I will be a bit older when I celebrate.
Mike B :rainbow_flag: · @MBNashTN
64 followers · 75 posts · Server mstdn.socialOn This Day in History
February, 28th, 1973:
A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.
#Pynchon #GravitysRainbow
Mitchell Whitelaw · @mtchl
415 followers · 144 posts · Server post.lurk.orgGravity’s Rainbow is 50! Read this brilliant appreciation, even if you never read the novel. But go on, read the novel too. Thinking I might go in again… book club, anyone? https://theconversation.com/join-the-counterforce-thomas-pynchons-postmodern-epic-gravitys-rainbow-at-50-196657
Georg Wamhof · @gewam
456 followers · 1065 posts · Server mstdn.social
We’re All Living Under Gravity’s Rainbow
Looming apocalypse. Paranoid conspiracies. Rocket-obsessed oligarchs. As Thomas Pynchon’s novel turns 50, its world feels unnervingly present.
@johnsemley3000@twitter.com for @WIRED@twitter.com
#ThomasPynchon #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #novel #bookstodon
https://www.wired.com/story/living-under-gravitys-rainbow-thomas-pynchon/
#bookstodon #novel #gravitysrainbow #Pynchon #ThomasPynchon
Drew · @dharmadischarge
384 followers · 2541 posts · Server disabled.socialThe new demo inspired by #GravitysRainbow it is a #GaragePunk or #IndustrialMetal inspired #Doom #Punk I change my opinion on this one.
This link leads to #BandCamp
#gravitysrainbow #garagepunk #industrialmetal #doom #punk #bandcamp
Yeah nah. · @captainfez
142 followers · 354 posts · Server aus.social
OK, maybe when Mason & Dixon is done… https://www.wired.com/story/living-under-gravitys-rainbow-thomas-pynchon/ #pynchon #GravitysRainbow #bookstodon #books #noxp
#pynchon #gravitysrainbow #bookstodon #books #noxp
kevin · @kmmfoo
5 followers · 25 posts · Server friendsofdesoto.social@greatesttrek@twtr.plus @greatesttrek@bird.makeup @feditips if you’re confused by the timeline, read #gravitysRainbow, and also research #silentExtinctionBeyondTheZero. #rabbitHolesWithinRabbitHoles
#gravitysrainbow #silentextinctionbeyondthezero #rabbitholeswithinrabbitholes
Jed · @Jed
145 followers · 160 posts · Server spore.social"The true #war is a celebration of markets. Organic markets, carefully styled "black" by the professionals, spring up everywhere." -- #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #Ukraine
#war #pynchon #gravitysrainbow #ukraine
Jed · @Jed
145 followers · 160 posts · Server spore.social"so that children may be taught History as sequences of violence, battle after battle, and be more prepared for the adult world. Best of all, mass death's a stimulus to just ordinary folks, little fellows, to try and grab a piece of that Pie" -- #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #Ukraine
#pynchon #gravitysrainbow #ukraine
Jed · @Jed
145 followers · 160 posts · Server spore.social"The mass nature of wartime death is useful in many ways. It serves as a spectacle, as diversion from the real movements of the #War. It provides raw material to be recorded into History," -- #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow #Ukraine
#war #pynchon #gravitysrainbow #ukraine
Jed · @Jed
145 followers · 160 posts · Server spore.social"Don't forget the real business of the #War is buying and selling. The murdering and the violence are self-policing, and can be entrusted to non-professionals." -- #Pynchon #GravitysRainbow
#war #pynchon #gravitysrainbow
RC Hopgood · @rchopgood
260 followers · 32 posts · Server creativewriting.socialFinally finished #GravitysRainbow. I found many great sections, but as a whole, i couldnt get into the characters or the main engine of the book. I read it like homework.
In the end, there are a few sections that will stick with me, the Banana breakfast, the Pökler part, the one unmentionable graphic scene.
And this quote that alone may make the effort worthwhile:
“Through the machineries of greed, pettiness, and the abuse of power, love occurs.”
@bookstodon
#bookstodon #amReading
#gravitysrainbow #bookstodon #amreading
uathachas · @uathachas
124 followers · 198 posts · Server mastodon.ie#AnotherNow le Yanis Varoufakis
#TinteNaFarraigeDuibhe le Tim Armstrong
#TheTestaments le Margaret Attwood
#ThePatientAssassin le Anita Anand
#DiabhlaíochtDé le Mícheál Ó Conghaile
Tosnaithe ach fágtha ar leataobh ...
#GravitysRainbow le Thomas Pynchon
#PsychologyAndCapitalismTheManupulationOfMind le Ron Roberts
#anothernow #tintenafarraigeduibhe #thetestaments #thepatientassassin #diabhlaiochtde #gravitysrainbow #psychologyandcapitalismthemanupulationofmind
Mr. Completely · @mrcompletely
741 followers · 737 posts · Server heads.social
My most obscure shirt design to date is this "Beyond The Zero" piece for all the teeming hordes of #pynchon fans - yes, both of you out there could buy this, and double my overall sales! #GravitysRainbow #counterforce #Raketemensch
https://mrcompletely.myspreadshop.com/beyond+the+zero+-+white+on+dark?idea=5f38b1c4205176343811e867
#pynchon #gravitysrainbow #counterforce #raketemensch
CowMan · @cowman
19 followers · 108 posts · Server nfld.me@Solitude Knowing nothing about your tastes, I will just throw out there the first few books I can think of without any rhyme, reason or context: #GravitysRainbow, 'Gödel, Escher, Bach', 'Next Episode' (Aquin) and #Catch22.
Woodchaz · @Woodchaz
3 followers · 12 posts · Server social.vivaldi.netTime to throw out some hashtags to see if I can attract some CONVERSATIONS. Off the top of my head:
#ScienceFiction, #cinema, #CarlJung, #DonnieDarko, #WorldMusic, #LegendaryPinkDots, #TheChameleons, #AvantGarde, #HipHop, #Backpacker, #BillyWoods, #African, #Colombian, #Psychedelic, #Tolerance, #UnitarianUniversalist, #Mexico, #TripHop, #JamesBaldwin, #Goth, #culture, #GravitysRainbow, #InfiniteJest, #Atlanta, #celiac, #MrRobot, #BeauOfTheFifthColumn, #Vaush, #Progressive
#sciencefiction #cinema #carljung #donniedarko #worldmusic #legendarypinkdots #thechameleons #avantgarde #hiphop #backpacker #billywoods #african #colombian #psychedelic #tolerance #unitarianuniversalist #mexico #triphop #jamesbaldwin #goth #culture #gravitysrainbow #infinitejest #atlanta #celiac #mrrobot #beauofthefifthcolumn #vaush #progressive