Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon - 9781594202247

[dickson665]

This is fucking hilarious. Seriously.

[BlessTheAlfredo]

Damn. Can I have a beer with him?



[Ptjuusitalo]

Google a picture of him. His voice sounds just like I imagined it was.

[ndihhd]

gotcha tommy chong!

[GreenNiagara]

I didn't know The Dude was an author!

[fuzible2007]

@GreenNiagara The Dude is one and all, man! Errr... Dude! :)

[19undeclared]

Is it just me, or does he sound exactly like Tommy Chong?

[BlacknWhitesAlright]

What year is this, again?

[bigbadbananaboy]

I think it's Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive" I don't know man. I'm stoned.

[elpipa2g]

what song is this?

[YavinArba]

so...should i read this high or not? 

[GodStarRevisited69]

he is a God.



[illuminatioracle]

these wings are VEEEEEEEEEElicious!

[goldenyearz]

PTA



[starkweather444]

I love that one of the greatest minds on the entire planet sounds exactly like Chong.

[bass109]

Jesus is future king of earth, repent for his judgement comes. Jesus loves you

[Murrayd13]

Anybody know the song in the background?

[XxiiKILLER]

Finished reading "Inherent Vice" in a week... that shit was a mindfuck.

[boknowsbaseball]

I can't wait to see how P.T. Anderson is going to adapt this. It's soooo Lebowski in nature, but the last thing PTA will do is rip that off. It's going to be a different kind of film for, for sure.

[godsaway0]

@boknowsbaseball More than likely, expect a reiteration of the first forty-five minutes of 'Goodfellas' for the duration of the movies narrative.

[joelyboi20]

Its definitely jeff bridges. No doubt bout that.

[thafons]

Downey Jr won't be able to top Pynchon's voice.

[ThePaleCow]

@thafons I'm interested to see how it'll turn out.

[clintwatson79]

pta

[monsterfashion]

Ayax

Pynchon is in a category unto himself

[0362868]

this guy can fuckin WRITE!!!

[AyaxTelemonio]

I HAVE´NT READ DON DELILLO, IS HE GOOD COMPARED TO PYNCHON?

[Malex242]

@AyaxTelemonio He's different, but he's good.

[XxiiKILLER]

@AyaxTelemonio They are two totally different authors... but Pynchon is more complex.

[ronpolla]

That can't be Bridges....he was at George Plimpton's place in Cuernavaca at the time....can't be him....

[Drumspiracy]

The Dude from Big Lebowski. (Yeah, Jeff Bridges...)

[HoldenProfane]

lol! I love that man. I will definitely pay the 27.95... to get my library balance under ten dollars so I can read this book!

[billstyle]

Does anyone know the name and creator(s) of the song in the background?

[oraclecrank]

This is a really fun book. Even if you don't like a lot of his other work, this one's worth the $27.95.

[miguelmoniz1]

Man, that Ruggles really tied the room together. 

[behindeverything]

he has a fucking sense of humour.

[SUPERSCHMOO]

lol love that ending.

[IDmcgowan]

Is that really Pynchon talking?

[Tommygun1028]

@IDmcgowan Yes it is, it was confirmed by his publicist. Google it.

[spahahon]

This looks like the opening credits for Californication.

[theburbsmadison]

i'm taking on gravity's rainbow 10 pages a day...wow. I read Lot 49 and I loved it, and i'm loving gravity's rainbow

[bobb328]

Is Gravity's Rainbow really hard to read? I might buy it, that or Crying of Lot 49, is that hard?

[CastleRockFan]

@bobb328 Sure, GR is hard to read. I just started it, am 100 pages in, and let me tell you, it's a confusing thing, but it's also the most original and wild reading experience I've ever had (and I'm only one-seventh of the way through it). Also, there is the PynchonWiki, as well as other reader's guides to be found online. They'll really help you out when the references to math, science, high and low culture, etc., get a little too abstruse.

[candyhotpocket]

@bobb328 Crying of Lot 49 is probably his most accessible novel and a good introduction to his work. It's really good too. I'm currently reading "Against the Day" and my brain explodes every page.

[bobb328]

@candyhotpocket sounds interesting...what do you me explodes every page

[dashofchutmeg]

@bobb328 Gravity's Rainbow is really difficult. Crying is much, much easier, and much shorter. I'd say give yourself the 8-10 hours it'll take for Crying, and if you like the style, start diving into the longer stuff.

There's really no other writer like Pynchon, and you'll be able to say that you experienced a true 20th century genius. Do it.

[bobb328]

@dashofchutmeg Well thats good, I ordered both yesterday, I hope they're as good as everyone says.

[CastleRockFan]

Well, this isn't actually Pynchon's true voice, I don't think. I mean, yeah, it's Pynchon speaking, but he's speaking AS Doc Sportello.

[PoorSlothtrop]

I met mr. pynchon in a dream. In a small hut, on a wide beach. He was very dapper. He told me things that I cannot remember.

[Chadwickzilla]

Pure undiluted awesome. Book has become a must read for me.

[tottenham19]

That's awesome. I'm going to have to pick up the paperback in July; $27.95 is too much for me. ;)

[dude45]

Man, I just finished The Crying of Lot 49, and now that's been on my mind as well.

[budgiegeorge50]

"Stewerdi?"

[evanrkg]

He sounds like The Dude!!!!

[FeelOfFriction]

Laid back.

[SteveShasta]

This is Manhattan Beach, CA fwiw.

[sleepcity]

So incredibly awesome.

"Twenty-seven ninety--...Twenty-seven ninety-FIVE?!"

:)

[lynshroom]

he sounds a bit like the voiceover in The Big Lebowski, talking about the dude and his life in L.A.... anyway, happy new year! "What year is this?"

Really loved reading "Inherent Vice"!

[DanMcCaffrey]

He sounds like a bit of a sweetheart.

[mynameisnotalfredo]

"That used to be like three weeks of groceries. What year is this again?" That's exactly what I imagine talking to Thomas Pynchon would be like.

[MultiRichard22]

Just the opposite, botticellisniece--God makes me see TP

[shantiq]

sounds like it could well be him the master himself

tune into the voice and read V sometime the sjambok and the slaves of namibia

this guy can evoke and create dreamworlds that are real

shan

[Tommygun1028]

It is him - check wikipedia. It also sounds like the Simpson's character he played also

[benjaminschechter]

is this pynchon talking?

[botticellisniece]

TP makes me see God.

[dubswine]

Thomas Pynchon is a fictional character.

[sn0wsh00]

Really nice hearing a reclusive author narrate a Youtube video. He's so good being a stoner!

Now, let's have JD Salinger do one!

[Zamorack13]

that'd be even more amazing considering hes dead

[MrGhoti]

Salinger's not dead.

[Zamorack13]

wikipedia lied to me

[bobb328]

@MrGhoti he is as of Jan. 27 2010

[ndhaka54]

Awesome book, no doubt. Does anybody know what music is playing in this video?

[mcerion]

Pink Floyd, Interstellar Overdrive. I'm pretty sure.

[mikebott]

the original version is much choppier sounding, and has a treblier mix.... off to allmusic to see who's covered it.

[servo90]

Pynchon sounds a lot like Jeff Bridges

[realramm]

Lol, he does, doesn't he? Spot on.

[TheKSE1990]

For all we know, Thomas Pynchon is Jeff Bridges.

[mikebott]

nah... i mean for one thing look at the teeth, and the jaw...

[zeroinfinit]

@TheKSE1990 The Dude, more precisely.

[illuminatioracle]

@zeroinfinit nah. Thomas Pynchon is secretly Tommy Chong

[sphinxie93]

I think it sounds like Tommy Chong.

[vitis1]

@servo90 Yes, but I'm getting even more of a Tommy Chong vibe, but that could be affected.

[ThePaleCow]

@vitis1 Sure. I can hear that.

[slbiggs36]

I like how he put the Ghostbusters car on the cover.

[sanspoint]

That's not the original version of Interstellar Overdrive... whose is it?

[CantBlockProxies]

Can we please get another Gravity's Rainbow?

[Willowville]

Gravity's Rainbow was a one time deal. Truth be told, I think that was kinda the point.

[CantBlockProxies]

Nope, that was not the point. He was simply young and fiery and stoned and at his most lovable. Thanks for trying to sound knowledgeable though.

[Willowville]

"He was simply young and fiery and stoned and at his most lovable."

...So, in other words, he was operating at a level whose height he had not previously reached and has yet to obtain again. So...a one time occasion, no?

[CantBlockProxies]

Yes, moron, but that wasn't your point. Your point was that there was an underlying message in the fact that it was a one time occurrence. You said you thought that was the point, as if there was some sort of conscious agenda on the part of Pynchon to give us Ginsberg in the form of prose, and then never to return to it. Are you done now?

[Willowville]

It is indeed true that I was implying Gravity's Rainbow in a class of its own regarding what the message it contained and the remarkable energy and magnitude by which it conveyed that message. And yes, he was in fact, as you so quiantly put it, "simply young and fiery and stoned and at his most lovable", a statement that I accept because it did nothing but further strengthen my own initial statement. Motives and factors of a high caliber led to the creation of a high caliber, and as of yet...

[CantBlockProxies]

Prolix insecurity meandering about poor syntax and diction. Can I go read now? You're boring, and a bit sad.

[Willowville]

in the case of Pynchon, factors and motives of such potency as the ones that helped bring about the creation of Gravity's Rainbow have yet to re-enter the author's life. Your statement does not stand in contradiction to mine, nor were we addressing two separate items as you seem to have thought. Rather, this argument only serves to strengthen my point. So, in response to your question at the close, I suppose I'm not done, and probably won't be until you can learn to detect your logic flaws.

[xootsuit1]

That is definitely NOT Santa Cruz (in 1970 or now) in the video. Does sound like Pynchon. (Listen to him on the Simpsons' clips.) The novel is written in the 3rd person. That fact makes this little monologue even more interesting.

[ilkandi]

"that used to be, like, 3 weeks of groceries, man"

LOL perfect line for an old stoner. I'm going to read the book.

[bdittberner]

Manhattan Beach is the town, but it's farther than a few drags of a cig-

[merlin262005]

Just finished the book myself. One of the oddest things Pynchon has ever written, in that the plot strands actually come together at the end, if a little loosely. That makes it something of a first for Pynchon.

On a related note, listening to his voice (and according to his publisher, it IS his voice) I wonder if he ever reads his books out loud as he revises them.

[fullerbecker]

Dude, that's pretty sweet. I want to read this book, it sounds like it's going to be a good read.

And I'm not big into audiobooks, but this could really work for me.

[pahwraith]

It sounds like the dude! I guess Pynchon is actually the dude.

Sorta makes sense, I should have seen it before.

[lenvm]

wow. great music, too. sounds like something friends of dean martinez could have recorded.

[brooklyngal1]

Confirmed -- it is him! just in EW blog. And he wrote it, as well.

[brianeisley]

Maybe it's because I was just there, but it sure looks to me like they filmed this in Santa Cruz.

And that sure sounds like the man himself speaking.

[ATHL2]

does anyone know what the music here is?

[greatglistener]

hey i didn't know this was going to be a novelization of john from cincinnati

[gestell]

i am convinced Pynchon does not exist!

[dzangreazul]

Awesome trailer! Pynchon is GOD!!!!

[proscriptus]

You mean, Pynchon is The Dude.

[davestone04]

Really well done. I hope to see more marketing like this

[MKUltra3]

sinister beach sleaze...ahhh...I will be listening to RTX and John The Wolf King of LA during this groovy reading session

[ll3l3l3ll]

thank god for the pinch.

[webtechdan]

Smart, very smart!

The new age of social media marketing. #fav

[Longcatcrusade]

awesome

[galoup]

Does anyone know who this music is by?

[mmmwabbits]

This trailer is everything TARANTINO's movie after PULP FICTION should have been. Instead he proved his critics...right. I do believe this is Pynchon because no one but the autor could deliver these words this perfectly. Just like Bukowski's poem are infinitely better when he recites them.

[dariusk2]

Pynchon has a strong New York accent, as heard on The Simpsons. Unless he's a regular quick-change artist. Which I wouldn't put past him.

[Hubrizoid]

He's lived in both NY and CA, I wouldn't really see it being a stretch for him.

Sounds fairly similar to the voice from The Simpsons, excepting the drastic difference in accent.

[rippinyarn]

"$27.95?? That used to be like... three weeks of groceries, man. What year's this again?"

Brilliant.

[greatglistener]

my mom said things like that all the time.. lol

[DavidTheGoose]

yeah man thomas pynchon man WOO

[PrestyGomez]

But how do you know? Do you recognize his voice?

[Tommygun1028]

It definitely is him. It's been confirmed by many reputable websites, search for yourself. And besides it does sound exactly like his voiceover on The Simpsons

[PrestyGomez]

How do we know that that's really Pynchon talking? Who's claiming that?

[NothingToCompareItTo]

IS THIS THE VIDEO ABOUT THE VAMPIRE TEENS WHO LIKE TO GET RUDE WITH EACH OTHER? LOOKS OKAY. a great video thanks

[jglassow]

Like that Magenta & Green!

[MarsVenusLiving]

Ha! Love the ending? "$27.95? That used to be like 3 weeks of groceries!...what year is this again???"

2 cool —Josie Brown

[brooklyngal1]

TP himself? NO!! That can't be, can it?

[FXCAMERON]

Is it Pink Floyd playing "Interstellar Overdrive" in the background or is it someone else covering it? I see from the wiki set up for the book that the song figures in the novel....

[PeteLeTep]

Yup, that's Thomas Pynchon narrating.

[telluride117]

hey tom if you're reading this do you like uppercut? thanks sam

[OblongSound]

tp?