THOMAS PYNCHON National Book Award 1973

[stellaraid44]

george plimpton, good will hunting

[travisnealtodd70]

I like how one of the loaded suggestions is "Dark Ufo - Video Clip." Very Pynchonian.

[dantean]

The Residents! Yayyyy!

[MrBusterfoot]

it sounded pretty uninteresting to me.

[budgiegeorge50]

How many people are Pynchon fans and Residents fans?

[obnoxiousoboe]

@budgiegeorge50 Me and my dad.

[Snardbafulator]

@budgiegeorge50 Pynchon himself, for one. He quotes The Residents (anachronistically) in his historiographic metafiction (or, if you prefer, steampunk) novel "Against The Day," p. 907, hardback ed.: "'Well,' adjusting her hat and turning to ascend the iron steps, 'here I come, Constantinople.'" Spoken by the well-developed (and thoroughly delightful) major character Dally Rideout.

[bravemilo]

The missle appeared in the video should be V-2, not the V-1.

[SLACKER614]

the first quote is from 'Gravity's Rainbow' a great book....the book won the Pulitzer , but their committee withdrew the award..

[mattyymiller]

@SLACKER614 why?

[tottenham19]

Some people on the Pulitzer committee felt that the book was too dense and overwritten.

[Snardbafulator]

@tottenham19 You forgot "turgid," "unreadable" and "obscene." But that was only the steering committee -- the dillettantes who control the purse strings. The Pu judges voted unanimously to award GR. The Pu still has meaning for journalism, but it's become sort of a joke for literature. It has ridiculous hard requirements like a baby has to be born near the end of a novel. Pynchon fans are still hoping on the Nobel. Pulitzer or Nobel, either you can be sure that Pynchon won't accept them.

[Aynrand115]

Maybe that was Pynchon in the nude running across the stage

[dzangreazul]

Pynchon is GOD! Or at least writes like he is.

[sallyjessyraphael]

How does Pynchon write like he is God?

[InuitAldebaran]

@sallyjessyraphael

like Truman Capote?

[Shanniquitie]

hehe what a glib and meaningless thing to say :) pynchon would be proud

[sanchezdot]

101/100 :)

[hemorrhoidprime]

residents, awesome

[jeremysena]

Pynchon lives 2.7 miles from me (google maps)

[BrianTheMusicMan]

Take a picture of him haha.

[wuz352]

It's not noted in the video, but someone ran across the stage nude as soon as Pynchon was named, lol.

[panicatthedisco04]

great book

[GLYPHKING]

"However," lmao

pynchon rules corey rules

[AirplaneRadio]

As soon as I heard the Residents, I about died. AWESOME.

[hopkins4545]

Awesome!

[psychoid79]

"Pynchon - I wonder if he knows himself!" LOL.

[clobber75]

nice